A primer of the art of massage for learners / by Stretch Dowse.

  • Dowse, Thomas Stretch.
Date:
1892
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Credit: A primer of the art of massage for learners / by Stretch Dowse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    insulation that the epidermis is more resistant and is a greater non-conductor, than any other tissue in the body. The finer the epidermis tlie more delicate is the sense of touch. ^; •j^ * * We say, then, that the sense of touch is a variable quantity, dependent upon the integrity of the brain cortex (limbic lobe), of the nervous cords or conductors of stimuli, of the peripheral or sensitive ter- minals of the nerves, and upon the thick- ness, dryness, or moist condition of the epidermis. The effects of all manipula- tions are dependent upon the impressions made upon the tissues. We do not admit that an effleurage movement carries with it pressure, but we do assert that it creates an impress ; therefore, if an effleur- age manipulation is a pressure movement at all, it must Ije of the lightest possible character. Touch, then, is the riglit perception and conception of an impres- sion, varying according- to tlie nature