LUMBAGO.
Carriage.—Why so mnny deviate from a graceful carriage may be accounted for in as many way 9 as there :ue misshapen beings. MUSCULAR WEAKNESS. Lame Back.—Tho spinal column is the mainst-ay of Mie body, which stiflens up the straight man or woman, and nature has provided mus'Hilar supports to hold it erocb. TWISTED OUT OF SHAPE. Distortions —Men and women recklessly tsvisb themselves out, of shape, and the rofiulb is tho few standing straight) and the many bending down. SYMPTOMS. Those which afllict fche back arc tho most insidious or subtle. They come at times without) warning. Wo riso from a sitting posture to find the back so crippled, or strained, as to cause acute sutteiing , . TREATMENT. CimE.—Puib tho parts afflicted freely with ST. JACOBS OIL. Flub hard and vigorously, p'mUiCing warmth, and if the pain is sow in yielding wrup the parts in fluitnel atoeped in hot water and wrung out.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 288, 6 December 1890, Page 3
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