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Show . - TITE- fyWEAUaUNEAUGHMJl MASSAGE Primitive man, lacking knowledge know-ledge of medicines and their use, was responsible for one thing which has come down through the ages and which is today an aid to the physician and help to many of his patients namely, massage. Before alphabets were devised, cave men ascertained that pressure pres-sure on sore spots in their bodies relieved pain, while continued rubbing of these same parts proved materially beneficial. As time progressed pro-gressed and people became more pecially in Arabia and Persia, there were schools for instructing persons in this work. The word "massage" comes from the Arabic word "mass," meaning to press, and "massein," a Greek word, which means to knead. There can be no question but that massaging was the earliest therapy known. A Chinese doctor 2700 years ago thought the matter so important impor-tant that he wrote a book on the subject which he illustrated. The Bible speaks of "kneading and an-nointing an-nointing the feet," and in numerous, numer-ous, lands it was the custom for guests to have their feet annoint-ed annoint-ed and massaged by servants as soon as they reached the home of their host. There is a stone image of Buddha Bud-dha in Japan, dated 850 B. C, in which the sage is shown having his feet massaged. The gladiators, the wrestlers and the athletes, when Greece and Rome were in their prime, were always attended by experts who massaged and manipulated their feet and limbs. Always, before being massaged, patients were given warm baths. If we followed this practice today to-day in our homes it would be beneficial. intelligent anjd. better acquainted with the human anatomy, the art of massaging developed, until today to-day it is customary in many diseases di-seases to have a skilled masseur give daily treatments to the sufferer, suf-ferer, under the direction of the physician. The feet, especially those of the primitive men and of the soldiers sol-diers of the legions of Rome and Greece, and the other militant nations na-tions of the world, were always the cause of much concern and were perhaps given more consideration consider-ation than other parts of the body. For this purpose, women experienced exper-ienced in giving massage rubbed and kneaded the feet and legs of the warriors after battle and hard marches. Indeed, many of these early armies had corps of such attendants who followed the troops. In the Near and Far East, es- |