Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-09
Culture a New
Cure For Hiccoughs.

Of the gas in the intestines through
the action of the nerve affects the
diaphragm breathing muscles), caus-
ing it to act spasmodica1ly and unceas-
ingly.
Here the sympathetic nerves play
a most important part, by preventing
sleep and the retention of food, and
the patient. dies a lingering death from
exhaustion.
The patient is placed On his back
and given an exercise to raise his
chest at every inhalation. Then | use
a blood-pumping massage of h ex-I
tremities Glands, feet, arms and legs),
and then massage abdomen n chest,
working together on the nervous Sys-
TEN and the circulation and lifting the
chest.
Next I wrap the feet in a large,
heavy Turkish towel, after dipping it
in very hot water and wringing it
enough to keep the water from drip
ping, and cooling it, SO that it will MOI
scald. Then 1 old anoAher large
Turkish towel the size of the abdomen,
treat it the same as the for the
feet and place it on the abdomen,
covering the aDuOmen Iully.
II then place heavy towels over
both, to hold the heat. l repeat his
two or three times as the towels COM
mence to get cold, and, after drying
the parts, again massage the abdomen.
1 then rub the abdomen and feet with
95 per cent. alcohol.
"The patient is now turned on his
face. 1 massage his spine, and then
apply the hot towel, folded about five
inches wide and the full length of the
spine, and let it remain until it com
mences to get cool, and then repeat.
Then I dry the back and rub with al
cohol.
after his the patient is turned on
his back and allowed to rest. This
treatment relaxes the nervous system
and relieves the contraction of the
intestines, giving the gas free egress
as it is belched from the system. This
treatment should be given twice a day
just before dinner and again about
9 p. M, and should be followed up
with diaphragmatic exercises six times
daily, before each meal and two hours
after each meal.
No Diet Prescribed.
81 do not diet the patient. He may
eat anything in course, l dc
not approve of pastry or hot bread at
any time-and must take a glass OF
water every hour and a teaspoonful Oh
water very frequently through the day
spend all the time possible in b open
air and sleep without pillow or bolster
with the window down full at top
~Tt is needless to add, avoid
~draughts. 1t is also well to keep the
, mind bright and cheerful and free
from arguments, anger, worry and ex
element. To produce h best an6
4 quickest results the patient should ca
very slowly, take small bites and mas
ticate the food we'll. Also drink
leslowly.
Take the case of Harry Wakefield
He had been h~iccoughing continuously
for five weeks, was unable to retair
food, could not sleep and was slowly
: dying of exhaustion.
after the first treatment according
{ to physical culture methods the hic
5 coughs stopped, and he slept six hours
and a half that night. The next day
he had intermittent attacks Of hic
) coughs, but was able to eat three
hearty meals, retaining every particle
and slept eight hours that night.
"Three days later he again had {
few mild attacks, but had a good ap
| petite and slept ten and a half hour
that night. But thai ended the hfc
coughs