 | 1882 - 922 pages
...kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percusshig of the external tissues of the body, either with some curative, palliative, or hygienic object in view....assistive movements, and these are often spoken of as the socalled Swedish movement-cure. There is, however, an increasing tendency on the part of scientific... | |
 | 1885 - 600 pages
...under skilled direction. We commend the work to those who are investigating the merits of friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling and percussion of the external tissues of the body, with a view to their curative, palliative or hygienic effects. Intestinal Obstructions. Their Varieties,... | |
 | Sir William Richard Gowers - 1885 - 358 pages
...Price, in cloth, $2.50. " We commend the work to those who are investigating the merits of friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussion of the external tissues of the body, with a view to their curative, palliative, or hygienic effecta." — liufitlo Jftdical and Surgical... | |
 | Maurice Norton Miller - 1887 - 392 pages
...Price, in cloth, $2.50. " We commend the work to those who are investigating the merits of friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussion of the external tissues of the body, with a view to their curative, palliative, or hygienic effects." —Buffalo Mrdical and Surgical Journal.... | |
 | 1890 - 870 pages
...accepted to signify a series of procedures which are best accomplished with the hands, such as friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussion of...external tissues of the body in a variety of ways, with either a curative, palliative, or hygienic object in view. In some crude form or other, massage... | |
 | 1882 - 900 pages
...kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussing of the external tissues of the body, either with some curative, palliative, or hygienic object in view....instances be combined with passive, resistive, or asaistive movements, and these are often spoken of as the socalled Swedish movement-cure. There is,... | |
 | 1904 - 772 pages
...knead ; Sanskrit, Makch, to strike, to press, to condense ; and according to Graham includes "friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussion of...curative, palliative, or hygienic object in view." Friction, percussion, and rolling, a form of kneading, are produced by the action of many of the mechanical... | |
 | M. L. H. Arnold Snow - 1904 - 340 pages
...to the noted authority, Dr. Douglas Graham, author of a "Treatise on Massage," includes "friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussion of...curative, palliative, or hygienic object in view." Friction, rolling, a form of deep kneading, and percussion, are produced by the action of many of the... | |
 | Mary Lydia Hastings Arnold Snow - 1904 - 340 pages
...to the noted authority, Dr. Douglas Graham, author of a "Treatise on Massage," includes "friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussion of the external tissues of the body in a —. MECHANICAL VIUKATION. variety of ways, either with a curative, palliative, or hygienic object... | |
 | 1905 - 236 pages
...of procedures which are best accomplished with the hands, such as friction, kneading, manipulation, rolling, and percussion of the external tissues of the body in a variety of ways, with either a curative, palliative, or hygienic object in view. In many instances the massage is combined... | |
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American physicians to signify a group of procedures which are best done with the hands, such as friction, kneading, manipulating, rolling, and percussion of the external tissues of the body in a variety of ways, either with a curative, palliative, or... 
