Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Massage

MASSAGE (mass′ij), a scientific method of curing disease by systematic manipulations comprising: (1) Surface friction (effleurage); (2) A form of kneading (pétrissage); (3) Manipulations with the tips of the fingers (massage à friction); and (4) A kind of striking or percussion with the hands (tapotenent). These procedures are combined according to definite rules, and the treatment is found useful in paralysis, neuralgia, rheumatism, joint diseases, etc. It is used among the Sandwich Islanders under the name of lomi-lomi, and in Tonga is called toogi-toogi, mili, or fota.