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Therapeutic Touch

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  • Saint Francis of Paula, surrounded by four men, touches the forehead of an infant in its mother's arms; two cherubs are in the sky. Etching by J. Leonardis after S. Ricci, ca. 1750/1780.
  • Adenochoiradelogia, or, An anatomick-chirurgical treatise of glandules & strumaes, or Kings-Evil-swellings : Together with the royal gift of healing, or cure thereof by contact or imposition of hands, performed for above 640 years by our Kings of England, continued with their admirable effects, and miraculous events; and concluded with many wonderful examples of cures by their sacred touch / All which are succinctly described by John Browne.
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    Adenochoiradelogia, or, An anatomick-chirurgical treatise of glandules & strumaes, or Kings-Evil-swellings : Together with the royal gift of healing, or cure thereof by contact or imposition of hands, performed for above 640 years by our Kings of England, continued with their admirable effects, and miraculous events; and concluded with many wonderful examples of cures by their sacred touch / All which are succinctly described by John Browne.

    Browne, John, 1642-approximately 1700. | Date: 1684
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    Foundation for Integrated Health

    Foundation for Integrated Health | Date: 1999-2009 | Reference: SA/FIH
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    And his Majesty doth accordingly will and command, that from the time of publishing this proclamation, none presume to repair to his Majesties court to be healed of that disease ... : given at our court of Hampton-Court, the fourth day of July, 1662. in the fourteenth year of our reign : God save the King.

    | Date: 1662
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    The royal touch : sacred monarchy and scrofula in England and France / translated by J.E. Anderson.

    Bloch, Marc, 1886-1944. | Date: [1973]
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    Das Heilige und das Königsheil / [Werner Eichhorn].

    Eichhorn, Werner, 1899-1990. | Date: 1970
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