friction rub

British

noun

med the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy

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Before going to bed at night, with the mother's hands well oiled with either olive or sweet oil, the circulation is again stimulated by the heavy friction rub.

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In the same way the friction rub has a stimulating effect upon the nerves.

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First exercise, then employ the friction rub, and then bathe.

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