A primer of the art of massage for learners / by Stretch Dowse.

  • Dowse, Thomas Stretch
Date:
1892
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Credit: A primer of the art of massage for learners / by Stretch Dowse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    O.V Af ASS AGE: manipulations, and this I have set forth very fully in my Leciiires on Massage andEledricHy in the Trealnient of Disease ^^ (J. Wright & Co., Bristol), but in the follow- ing pages I must deal with the v.'hole subject from the elementary and mechani- cal rather than from the biological and physiological aspect. ***** ENERGY.—You scarcely need to be told that manipulations made upon the human body are merely evidences of the transfer- ence of so much mechanical energy from yourself to your patient. If you grasp your friend's hand in kindly greeting you have also evidence of the transference of mechanical energy, and the effects or impressions created, both ui^on the tissues and the mind, will be in direct ratio with the degree of the impress, the energy evolved, and the resistances overcome. Energy signifies capacity for work, and
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