Massage

Massage is a term in medicine for a process of kneading, stroking, and rubbing, with the fingers and palms of the hands, applied to the body as a whole or to locally affected parts, to allay pain, promote circulation, and restore nervous and vital energy; it was practised in very early times in China and India. It was known to the Greeks and Romans, and was revived by Dr. Mezger of Amsterdam in 1853.

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