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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    insinuation, and some of them I am sorry to say, have expressed their feeling-s inlanguag-e more forcible than polite. They generally end up by saying that they are quite sure that if I would only just show them how it is done, they would pick it up in no time. They are not as a rule wanting in confidence, and tell me that if I would just give them one trial they would alford my patients every satisfaction. They are will- ing enough to undertake any case, and it is a matter of indifference to them whether the victim is a man, woman or child, provided only that there is a fee at- tached. A few of them have taken my advice, and have abandoned a task for which they are hopelessly unsuited, but the majority having nothing in the world to do, and finding home-life monotonous are infat- uated with the desire to treat other people and make a fortune. They usually come armed with a certificate or two, and with elaborate testimonials from par- tial friends, who would willing vouch for their fitness to undertake anything in the v^'orld. It is an unpleas- ant task to have to decline their offers of assistance especially when the appeal, as is so often the case, is made in forma pauperis; but one cannot forget that one
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