Inhibition of various regions along the spinal column is frequently given by the osteopath to lessen pain. It is only a temporary or palliative treatment, but many times gives great relief. One should inhibit usually over tender points and contracted muscles. These (tender points and contracted muscles) are signs to the osteopath that disturbances exist at these points. The following table is taken from Quain, which is Head’s classification: =Heart.=—First, second and third dorsals. =Lungs.=—First, second, third, fourth and fifth dorsals. =Stomach.=—Sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth dorsals. Cardiac end from sixth and seventh. Pyloric end from ninth. =Intestines.=—(a) Down to upper part of rectum, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth dorsals. (b) Rectum, second, third and fourth sacrals. =Liver and Gall-bladder.=—Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth dorsals. =Kidney and Ureter.=—Tenth, eleventh and twelfth dorsals. Upper part of ureter, tenth dorsal. At lower end of ureter, first lumbar tends to appear. =Bladder.=—(a) Mucous membrane and neck of bladder; (first) second, third and fourth sacrals; (b) over distension and ineffectual contraction, eleventh and twelfth dorsals, and first lumbar. =Prostate.=—Tenth, eleventh (twelfth) dorsals. First, second and third sacrals, and fifth lumbar. =Epididymis.=—Eleventh and twelfth dorsals and first lumbar. =Testis.=—Tenth dorsal. =Ovary.=—Tenth dorsal. =Appendages, etc.=—Eleventh and twelfth dorsals, first lumbar. =Uterus.=—(a) In contraction, tenth, eleventh and twelfth dorsals, and first lumbar. (b) Os uteri; (first) second, third and fourth sacrals (fifth lumbar very rarely). Other points are used by the osteopath to relieve pain of certain regions, for such the reader is referred to the article on neuralgia; besides many tender points are found along the spine by the osteopath, where inhibition gives relief to the patient, provided such points have a connection with the case in question. Hot fomentations if property applied, through reciprocal relationship of the nervous system, are of value in relieving pain, releasing spastic musculature and normalizing visceral function. Frequently, in both acute and chronic cases, this is an excellent preparatory measure, to be followed by careful adjustment. It will be recalled that the functional test, movement of a vertebral lesion is of primary consideration.[39] FOOTNOTES: [33] Burns—Partial Report of Experiments upon Visceral Reflexes. The Osteopathic World, Aug., 1905. [34] Pearce—Some Laboratory Demonstrations of Osteopathic Principles. The Osteopathic Physician, Nov., 1905. [35] Stimulation—Leslie E. Cherry, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Feb., 1905. [36] McConnell—The Osteopathic Lesion,—Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. [37] See also Gaskell, The Involuntary Nervous System; Pattenger, Symptoms of Visceral Disease; Mackenzie, Symptoms and Their Interpretation.