MassotherapeuticsBlakiston, 1890 - 264 pages |
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... women rubbed and anointed war - worn heroes to rest and refresh them after the toil and heat of the battle . We all know the story of the Emperor Hadrian , who one day seeing an old soldier rubbing himself against the marble at the ...
... women rubbed and anointed war - worn heroes to rest and refresh them after the toil and heat of the battle . We all know the story of the Emperor Hadrian , who one day seeing an old soldier rubbing himself against the marble at the ...
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... woman could easily understand how to mass expertly in say five weeks . " If by Massage is understood the process here described , I most heartily concur with the writer as to the uselessness of attending lectures or devoting two years ...
... woman could easily understand how to mass expertly in say five weeks . " If by Massage is understood the process here described , I most heartily concur with the writer as to the uselessness of attending lectures or devoting two years ...
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... women and children it is essential to obtain the services of a thoroughly accomplished Masseuse . She must be an ... woman of refinement , and the possession of a certain sympathetic temperament will greatly enhance the value of her ...
... women and children it is essential to obtain the services of a thoroughly accomplished Masseuse . She must be an ... woman of refinement , and the possession of a certain sympathetic temperament will greatly enhance the value of her ...
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... woman , or child , provided only that there is a fee attached . A few of them have taken my advice , and have abandoned a task for which they are hopelessly unsuited , but the majority having nothing in the world to do , and finding ...
... woman , or child , provided only that there is a fee attached . A few of them have taken my advice , and have abandoned a task for which they are hopelessly unsuited , but the majority having nothing in the world to do , and finding ...
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... women , who are to all intents and purposes well , and who have had Massage of the back or general Massage for some slight ailment , that I have finally come to regard this as one of the physiological effects of Massage . Even Massage ...
... women , who are to all intents and purposes well , and who have had Massage of the back or general Massage for some slight ailment , that I have finally come to regard this as one of the physiological effects of Massage . Even Massage ...
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