The physiological effects of massage / by A. Symons Eccles.

  • Eccles, A. Symons (Arthur Symons), 1855-1900.
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
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Credit: The physiological effects of massage / by A. Symons Eccles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Reprinted from the Practitioner.] THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MASSAGE. BY A. SYMONS ECCLES, M.B., C.M. Although massage has of late years gained ground in the estimation of medical practitioners as an adjunct of some value to other forms of medical treatment, the results following its employment have not received the attention which they appear to deserve, and with the exception of the experiments made by Zabludowski, von Mosengeil, and Gopadze, few observations have been made on the immediate and remote effects of systematic massage practised on healthy individuals. Moreover, in most instances of its use as a remedial agent the actual practice has been left almost entirely in the hands of persons, who, although some of them may be dexterous manipulators, are ignorant of the structure and functions of those tissues on which they are called to operate, and who appear each one to have his or her own peculiar views as to the mode, duration, and desired result of the process. It is difficult to describe in writing the various manipulations included under the term massage, and as yet no one has succeeded in producing such a word-picture as would enable a person who has not witnessed the practice to follow the description and carry out the movements, to be acquired only by those who have patience to learn, and dexterity to