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  1. NLM Digital Collections - The art of massage : a practical manual for the nurse, the student and the practitioner 
    Publication: Battle Creek, Michichigan : Modern Medicine Publishing Co., 1923
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/33631000R
    ... in compression of the 78 THE ART OF MASSAGE. deep tissues by the knuckles of the closed fist. Pressure ... there is an accumulation of salt in the tissues. The Relation of Massage to ... are some references: Hirschberg (Etude physiol, et therap. du massage de ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - Massage and the original Swedish movements : their application to various diseases of the ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's son & co., 1899
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101590136
    ... reach individual muscles, but is preferred on a deep-seated tissue. MASSAGE. 25 Kneading with Both Hands, called Squeezing, is ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - The treatment of disease by physical methods 
    Publication: New York : Treat, 1899
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/63960190R
    ... naturally arises in my mind in considering the massage movements in reference to tissue oxidation, is this : Do these physical actions dissociate ... and the mechanical treatment of degenerated and dying tissue. Other interesting ... to Massage. Some observations made by Zabludowski on the effects ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - Good health and long life : means of increasing health, preventing disease and prolonging ... 
    Publication: Chicago : [Press of the Henry O. Shepard Co.], 1914
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/07220780R
    ... blood to the part as in brushing, but massage affects more thoroughly the deep tissues. This will also loosen dead scarf skin. Massage thoroughly for about five minutes. This can be ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - A reference handbook of the medical sciences: embracing the entire range of scientific and ... 
    Publication: New York : Wood, 1885-1893
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/31830700RX4
    ... motion, growth has been going on in the tissues that are healthy, 663 Massage. Massage. REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. so that some ... pelvis, enlarged, tender, and spongy, 667 M^tJidOperations. REFERENCE ... like cartilage, massage and all other remedies will be useless. Jackson ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - A treatise on massage, theoretical and practical : its history, mode of application and ... 
    Publication: New York : Vail, 1890
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/63960330R
    ... them can here be attempted. The pressure of deep massage exerts a simultaneous influence upon all the tissues within its reach, upon the skin, fasciae, muscles, ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Massage : a primer for nurses 
    Publication: New York : Nightingale Pub. Co., 1891
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/63960640R
    ... embracing, so far as possible all of the tissues outside of the bone. 15. The second motion of deep massage is used particularly in work upon the abdominal ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Worry and nervousness; or, The science of self-mastery 
    Publication: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1923
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/43810720R
    ... See Fig- 17.) Dry friction is also useful. Deep muscle massage enor- mously increases the amount of blood circulating through the tissues, and in this way relieves the general nervous ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Hot air bathing : its philosophy and advantages in health and disease : illustrated with ... 
    Publication: New York : Published at the Lexington-Ave. Baths Corner 25th St. by the Lexington-Ave. Association for Promoting Artistic Bathing and General Hygiene, 1875
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101161090
    ... organized bath this removal is accompanied by skilful massage or manipulation of the muscles, joints and deep-seated tissues, securing freedom of motion, flexibility and general elasticity, ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Obstetrical nursing : a manual for nurses and students and practitioners of medicine 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger, 1915
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/54430700R
    ... is not to be rubbed, but Fig. 94 Massage of the breast. carried along with the thumbs over the deep tissues. After the region surrounding the gland has been ...
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