Excerpt from The History of MassageFurthermore, says old Hippocrates in his aphor isms: Anatripsis can bind and loosen, can make ¿esh and cause parts to waste. Hard rubbing binds, soft rubbing loosens, much rubbing causes parts to waste moderate rubbing makes them grow. These words seem like revelation to any one who has had much experience in massage, and the literal fulfilment of them may be observed when the necessary previ ous conditions exist. Hard and soft, much and mod crate are, of course, to be taken in a relative sense, for, what might be hard to one person might seem gentle to another.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.