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Therapeutic Touch

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Images about 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.

Works from the collections

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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.

    John Browne | Date: 1684
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Foundation for Integrated Health

    Foundation for Integrated Health | Date: 1999-2009 | Reference: SA/FIH
    • Ephemera

    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
    • Books

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

    Marc Bloch | Date: [1973]
    • Books

    Das Heilige und das Königsheil / [Werner Eichhorn].

    Werner Eichhorn | Date: 1970
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King's Evil
England
France
History of Medicine
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node

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