Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
Masseurs People Can AFFORD.

anu ieel more at ease with an ordinary
nurse.
Masseurs People Can Afford.
About II years ago DR.. Metzper. of Am
aoaa sseraaa, TLea!ed the Daeish Crown, Prince
sucIessluliy lor cnronlo joint trouble; Du'
SUCH iu1u.les are reserved for crown princes,
anu stln J0lnts are better prevented by
cneap' gooo masseurs whom one can afford
every qay: :.
oct ~ - AZ n-I; atcneu re1ers ms 1rst InteI-
eS. ess u sle esuoJect 10 the remarkable results
D'aieu aas aionn I.s use oy cnarlatan IN
Ia:o VI progressive paralysis. LII. Douglas
.hniks there Is great room for Improvement
III tne framing OF masseurs, and most pa
uents VIII agree with him. His "shrewd,
suPgrannuateo sup i auntle out OF Joo, VINO
Los saSa end .ae meanlng OF tne "oru mas
Sas "hL P,in's IN hef caro-, anu consinues
Of nleut;f1 dS aae, Sne mas always done Is syPe
oI Pientiiui class OF masseurs who can be
tolerated II they do not mix magnetism, sci
entlsm and splrltlsm with their muscle and
can Keep their hands OF patients trlnkets
anu Hhe nanokefcnle1s during Vislt. Ine
muscular, mldole aged trained nurse, VINO
smells ratner strongly OF persp1raJlon and
needs dentlfr1ce, who chews gum during
the operation and talks just enough to
break the soothing effect of friction, whose
toucn would be perfect If it were anywhere
eise' Is not hkeiy to do much good to one
VINO Is anything OF sensitive patient.
Iaon p.o,,. +h p.s. .tr
o'pi' 'ne nes' ~ ="
a stout, ruddy or plump person is not the
great oeai OF exercise IN the open air for the
nnIng WORK, IKE massage, with Its stopping
posture wearles them and puts them out OF
Asa.. oPale' enduring persons, WIN
magnetism, are far and away the best mas
seurs. For magnetism is like any other
hypnotic-chloral, chloroform and the rest
prone to reactions which leave the patient
weaker for its use. Sensitive people will
agree with me that the so-called magnetic
person absolutely repels and antagonizes
them; every bristle, SO to speak, stands
erect at his or her approach, and the whole
sys EN- seems reused to throw off an un-
wholesome power Some clean old colored
auntie or spinster who is thankful to earn
her bread by honest ssrubbin'." without
notion of smapnetism. /" ia vastly more de-
sirable than the balf-trained masseur who
has hurried through a course under some
pupil teacher in haste to be earning her SO
an hour. Ugh! touch of her hands, slimy
with yaseline. ia something one would fain
forget bnt cannot One noint mnst he
taken that the hest nbvsic;sns condemn the
use Of vaseline or any salves or unctions in
massage.
The Roman. used TO have their slaves
rub them with oil. It ia true. and so they
anointed themselves with the sweat of stall
vart he1ots tb;Tk;no 70 innh;he STRENGTH
thereby T5ese two "Details of nract;ca tbev
have Isft for ns to ;mnrove mon hv rs;ec.
tion
on in 'ne SA"
Oil baths for the thin and badly nourished
are desirable, but they should never be
given by hand. The best way ~saining
their effects is by a hot air-h,sfb firsteit NAV
ones room-till the pores are well open. A
hot s5aS and water bath. quickly applied
and wiped dry. should leave the skin free.
when Inre olive oiI almond or refined salad
I'll .hd,,id ha ,,orra5 an tbs .bou1ders and
rnbheJ over tbs nerson With a snonoe or ab-
sorhent siIk All the halter IS tRe oil ia
perfumed-soothing and refreshing more
senses than one.
tho hot T air ailowino the akin 70 absorb The
o;IIit 10 nnnsensa 70 tall of ruhh;na Il in
snoo,sfni. nf oil ora nuita sronab for a
hath as it Ia all the akin Is likely to take at
once and mora 10 wasted. Cara must he
taIen to teen The nerson entirely warm and
in > alow dining he hath In TX minntes
- bs on bonr as one 1rows ,ccnstomsd
tbe N M rsma;n;no iii can he washed off With
warm @ soanv waterMno soan being anniied
directlv to- the skin. or it will wash the oil
from the pores.
Very weak nersons NAV take an ammonia
hath f;rst-one tablesnoonful of liouid
Ammonia to three ouarts of warm waterIin
tbe forenoon. with oil after If. and a second
oil bath late In the day or evening without
a water bath. The oi1 should be always
hot as is comfortable. 1t is said that oil
baths are given in Connection with some of
the nublic baths in Chicago. hut il i, nrob-
ablv for the purpose of supnlyine the Joints
rather than to nourish and strengthen in
valids. Thin dyspeptics, who can eat little;
persons in advanced consumption and
patients recovering from fevers are nour-
tshed and strengthened by absorbing nutri-
tion in this way. when the stomach ia too
weak to supply the system.
NJ" W o''oA' WHO NO.
As to the mooted point in facial massage,
whether the stroking is to be given toward
the eyes and nose or away from them, the