Excerpt from Handbook of Massage
I read with care much of Dr. Kleen"s book in its German dress, and was glad to find so calmly scientific a statement of the uses and effects of massage.
We have long needed a study of this therapeutic aid from a higher point of view than that of the mere masseur, who is too apt to see in massage an agent applicable to all diseases. Those who have wearily retired from the mystery, or excessive detail or too positive conclusions with which the professional masseur, when writing of massage, surrounds and complicates a simple matter, will, I am sure, be pleased to find it considered without excess and with clear good sense.
I cordially recommend Dr. Hartwell"s translation of this interesting treatise to such as desire to learn what is at present known of massage, its uses, methods, and effects.
I know of no other book on this subject which is so good as this.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Handbook of Massage (Classic Reprint) (Emil Kleen)