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Bonesetters of Brittany

The Bonesetters of Brittany

In the Brittany (Western France) of yesteryear, there was a dearth of medical doctors practicing in the rural areas and when one could be found, his professional services were rarely affordable. Traditional healing treatments and

V0003828 Sarah Mapp. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after W Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Sarah Mapp. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after W. Hogarth. 1819 By: William Hogarthafter: George CruikshankPublished: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Manipulation – “Setting” the record “Straight”

Understanding the complex history of the manipulation in the physiotherapy profession requires a recognition of the role of traditional lay healers such as bonesetters have played. Here is a sampling which to some may be

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