rnately,
and it is eminently well calculated to stimulate the action of the
abdominal organs.

THE REVOLVING KNEADER. In the form of kneading apparatus, shown in Fig.
14, two thick rollers, which move freely on axes at the extremities of
arms, projecting on either side of a shaft turned by a crank or belt,
are made to act alternately upon each side of the abdomen.

In the methods of kneading above described, the degree of force acting
on the body is governed by an arrangement for elevating or depressing
the upholstered top of the couch upon which the patient rests, and
through which the action is transmitted to the body.

If this form of apparatus is driven at a rate ten times more rapidly
than is desired for kneading, the effect is vibratory, and it is, in
fact, used for that purpose.

[Illustration: Fig. 14.
Apparatus for Kneading with Rollers.]

THE CURE OF SWELLINGS AND TUMORS.

The application of motion through the Manipulator promotes absorption,
and thus all kinds of _swellings_ and non-malignant _tumors_ are made to
diminish under its use. In these cases the vessels of the affected part
are distended with stagnant blood, and a portion of the fluid passes
through their walls, distending the surrounding tissues, which become
more or less hardened. By the transmission of active motion to the
affected parts, the contents of the vessels are urged forward; the
outside fluids are thus permitted to return to the general circulation
and become subject to the energetic vital action of the general system,
local deficiencies of oxidation being increased to the normal degree,
causing destruction of morbid matter and giving place for new and
wholesome nutritive materials for vital use. In short, normal functional
activity is established, both locally and generally. Scrofulous,
dropsical, rheumatic, and other local accumulations disappear, and even
tumors are dispersed, by the use of the Manipulator, in cases in which
the knife would otherwise be required.

COUNTER-IRRITATION AND REVULSION.

Artificial means have always been employed to produce an energetic flow
of blood in different parts of the body, thereby relieving morbid
distention of the vessels, and consequent irritation and pain in
neighboring parts. Cupping, hot applications, mustard, capsicum,
blisters, and other irritants, are resorted to, but their effects, while
generally very good in acute cases, are too transient to be of material
aid in chro