Practical Massage. Corrective Exercises with Applied Anatomy

Corrective and Conditioning Exercises

Corrective and conditioning exercises accomplish two entirely different purposes, yet they are frequently confused. Corrective exercises are given solely for the purpose of eradicating a postural defect and thereby increasing efficiency, while conditioning exercises aim at the increase of strength and endurance. No correction is necessarily accomplished but any defects present may be either imp...

A Practical Guide to Massage

A Manual of Physiology, with Practical Exercises

Demy octavo, pages XXIV and 1132. Price 18/-net. Publishers: Messrs. Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, London, 1914. Ever since the appearance of the first edition of this important work in 1896, it has proved itself a favourite with both teachers and students. Seven new editions and reprints have been needed to satisfy the demand in the last 18 years. This is due to two factors ; the very high stand...

A Manual of Physiology, with Practical Exercises

Applied Anatomy

Nothing so tests the surgeon’s knowledge of the anatomy of the inguinal region as a chance encounter with a sliding hernia. If Condon’s [4] dictum ‘‘The anatomy of the inguinal region is misunderstood by some surgeons at all levels of seniority’’ is correct, it is safe to say that sliding hernias are understood by few surgeons at any level of seniority. Few surgical procedures have had so many ...