Massage as a mode of treatment / by William Murrell.

  • William Murrell
Date:
1887
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Credit: Massage as a mode of treatment / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    certain knack are all that is necessary. Shampooing- is very useful in its way, but it is not Massage, and can never take the place of Massage. There is as much difference between Massage and shampooing- as there is between playing a difficult piece of music and striking the keys of the pianoforte at random. The Weir Mitchell treatment of neurasthenia and hysteria is a combination of isolation or seclusion, rest, electricity, overfeeding, and Massage, the term Massage being employed, not in its original sense, but simply as a synonym for rubbing. Dr. Playfair's system is I believe identical with Weir Mitchell's, and is applicable to the same class of cases. Dr. Playfair tells us that Massage in the sense in which he uses the term is nothing more than a vicarious way of giving exercise to patients who cannot take it themselves. In a recent communica- tion to the Lancet he states that practically he has never himself seen Massage employed, and does not care how it is done. The Zander system has nothing to do with Massage, but aims at curing various ail- ments by mechanical exercises, machines more or less complex in structure being employed for the purpose.
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