Lexic.us

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Definition of Massages

1. massage [v] - See also: massage

Literary usage of Massages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual Therapeutics, a Treatise on Massage: Its History, Mode of Application by Douglas Graham (1902)
"... from eighty-seven grammes to eighteen grammes after twenty massages in twenty-two days; in the fourth, from three hundred and nineteen grammes to one ..."

2. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"After two massages the patient felt as if he had a new back, and could go for half a day without his support, and in the course of two or three weeks it was ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Massage: Its History, Mode of Application, and by Douglas Graham (1884)
"After four massages, tenderness and slight swelling over the left temporal ... She had seven massages in one week in August, 1882, and in November she ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Massage: Its History, Mode of Application, and by Douglas Graham (1884)
"After four massages, tenderness and slight swelling over the left temporal ... She had seven massages in one week in August, 1882, and in November she ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1900)
"Twenty douches-massages were taken, with an interruption every four days. ... Treatment : The patient took a course of twenty general douches- massages. ..."

6. Adventure Guide China by Simon Foster (2008)
"Dragonfly (www.dragonfly.net.cn) has a couple of outlets here offering great Chinese massages, shiatsu and aromatherapy for ¥60-120. ..."

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