The History of Massage

1234567891011
Across
  1. 3. The word Messiah shares the same root as _________.
  2. 5. In China, massage was known by three different names: anmo, anma and _______.
  3. 6. What did Hippocrates call the use of friction or rubbing process as therapy?
  4. 8. What indigenous civilization used massage in Southern America?
  5. 9. ________ is considered the author of Swedish massage, when in fact he did not invent it.
  6. 10. The Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus (25 BC - 50 AD) wrote ________.
  7. 11. In the 16th century, massage reappeared strongly in Europe thanks to the Frenchman Ambrose Paré (1517-1590) who was convinced of the benefits of _____________ massage.
Down
  1. 1. In ________, massage has been used extensively for more than 3,000 years. Massage was used effectively in combination with the concepts of yoga, such as prana, chakras and ayurveda.
  2. 2. Pope Nicholas V rediscovered the work of De Medicina and managed to get it printed in 1478. During the _________ it became one of the most read medical books in the world.
  3. 3. What indigenous civilization used massage in Central America?
  4. 4. Brothers Charles F. Taylor and George H Taylor, presented the system of Swedish movements in _______.
  5. 6. The Canon of Medicine was an encyclopedia of 14 volumes written by the physician and scientist _______.
  6. 7. True or false: The art and science of massage is first mentioned in writing in 2000 B.C.