Art, Symbol & Imagination
Massage after the Bath
A reclining woman lies on a raised platform while an attendant leans over her back. The original caption calls the scene Oriental Manipulation—After the Bath within the book’s account of manual treatment.
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Illustrator not identified. "Massage after the Bath" [editorial title]. In Hypnotism: Its Facts, Theories and Related Phenomena, Carl Sextus. D. Estes & Company historical edition, circa 1900; copyright 1893, 1900, D. Estes & Company. Source scan leaf 128. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0482-0124
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical illustration from the book’s discussion of hypnotism and related beliefs. It does not validate the source’s period therapeutic or supernatural claims.
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Illustrator not identified. Massage after the Bath. Hypnotism: Its Facts, Theories and Related Phenomena. Scan leaf 128. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0482-0124