Practical Massage in Twenty Lessons

Practical Massage in Twenty Lessons

Lessons in Massage

lamentably ignorant of the anatomy of the human body. What deals with massage proper in the book consists of the lectures delivered to the author's pupils at the London Hospital, her experience at which institution qualifies her to speak with authority. In the published work she has added what she considers indispensable of elementary anatomy and physiology for the intelligent execution of her ...

Lessons on Massage

was reviewed in the columns of the Indian Medical Gazette for February, 1002. We agree with the opinion then expressed that the socalled indispensable elements of Anatomy and Physiology are somewhat overdone when we consider the work is written for the masseuse. At the same time we think the author has done well to supply a certain amount of teaching on these subjects, so that the pupil may hav...

Lessons on Massage

The first edition of this book only appeared in 1901, and we have now the fifth edition before us. The new editipn has been thoroughly revised, and various additions made. There is an especially good and well illustrated chapter on bandaging. Other additions are a chapter on wound treatment, and one on Swedish remedial gymnastics, which is certainly useful and well arranged. We can thoroughly r...

Lessons on Massage

The hook consists of general and special instructions on massage, and of information on anatomy and physiology. Regarding the latter the authoress states in the preface to the first edition that she has " culled from the standard works what is indispensable for the pupil masseuse to stud}7, that she may have under one cover sufficient information on those subjects to enable her to learn her wor...