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Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATION OF THE HUMAN BODY, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY LIFTING THE SHOULDERS OF A PRONE PATIENT, THEREBY REMOVING BODY WEIGHT FROM THE CHEST, AND MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BACK OF SAID PATIENT IN THE AREA OVERLYING THE LUNGS, THEREBY AUGMENTING THE NORMAL TENDENCY OF BODY WEIGHT TO COLLAPSE THE LUNGS OF SAID PATIENT AND EXPEL AIR THEREFROM, SAID LIFTING MEANS AND SAID PRESSURE MEANS BEING SYNCHRONIZED TO RENDER SAID PRESSURE MEANS OPERATIVE TO APPLY PRESSURE ONLY AT TIMES WHEN SAID LIFTING MEANS IS INOPERATIVE TO LIFT THE SHOULDERS OF SAID PATIENT, AND ROLLER MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ABDOMEN OF SAID PATIENT, SAID ROLLER MEANS BEING SYNCHRONIZED WITH SAID SHOULDER-LIFTING MEANS AND SAID BACK-PRESSURE MEANS TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ABDOMEN OF SAID PATIENT WHEN SAID SHOULDER-LIFTING MEANS IS INOPERATIVE AND SAID BACK-PRESSURE MEANS IN OPERATIVE, AND TO RELEASE SAID PRESSURE TO THE ABDOMEN WHEN SAID SHOULDER-LIFTING MEANS IS OPERATIVE AND SAID BACK-PRESSURE MEANS IS INOPERATIVE.