Massage as a mode of treatment / by William Murrell.

  • William Murrell
Date:
1887
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    THE SEANCE. ment made by the Lancet, that skill in the proper performance of Massage takes at least two years to acquire, is correct. Compare the analogous case of billiards. You see a man knocking about the balls in the billiard-room of a country inn. You ask him how long it takes to learn, and he will offer to teach you in half-an-hour for the smallest possible con- sideration. Go to a champion player and ask him how long he took to learn, and he will tell you that he has been at it all his life, and has to work hard to hold his own. It is all very well to talk about natural aptitude, but in Massage as in every- thing else, good results mean hard work and plenty of it. Any one can rub mechanically, but that is of no earthly use ; a masseuse must work with her brain as well as with her hands. If Massage is worth doing at all it is worth doing well, and knowledge cannot^be picked up without trouble or acquired in a day. The duration of the seance is another point of great importance. The whole operation should not occupy more than from ten to fifteen minutes, and many authorities think that four minutes is D 2
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