4u senior. There are indications that the use of massage is mentioned in Indian texts and the Odyssey. It certainly predates Hippocrates (the father of medicine) by at least 300 years. Some other physiotherapy modalities date back to around 2000-3000BC and even electrotherapy is referred to by Pliny the Elder (23-79AD). The fact that somewhere along the line. doctors dropped such skills in favour of the option of opening veins and providing mystic potions should be their problem not ours!
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Unfortunately, as usual, politics and model must have shown up some of politicians are the problem, not the ‘bugs’ and enabled the Designer to make suitable adjustments to the seniority of profession. Secondly, Dr Parry quotes Elaine production model. In any case if Morgan as saying that: ‘Even as a demographic figures prove correct, copy, woman was not a very good there are already more versions of copy.’ Wm the greatest respect to my the later model on the road so it must lady colleagues, much admired and at least be a reasonable product. Thus although in general agreerespected over many years, I would reply that if the Almighty behaved like ment with Dr Party Iam afraid that I the average motor car manufacturer, cannot accept this particular point. the second model must be the ‘improved‘ version with many more J F Britton BA MCSP DipTP ‘extras’. This later model may not be Bristol perfect but road testing of the first
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