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Hydrotherapy: An integral part of physical medicine

Hydrotherapy: An integral part of physical medicine. This video clip (circa 1952) available from the Wellcome library shows the benefits of therapeutic touch conveyed through a range of treatments used in rehabilitation, including exercise, massage and hydrotherapy. The physicality of the patient-therapist interactions highlighted in this clip sit in sharp contrast

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The Massage Robot (c.1931)

“Most of us know how valuable massage is for our limbs but most of us also know what a tiring job it is – too! “Here’s a novel pneumatic massage machine, that envelops the patient like a diving suit, and massages the body by means of air impulses circulating through

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