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 If three or more massage exercises are recommended for one performance, a general deep breathing exercise can likewise be practiced between each of those.

Here may be noted, especially for the interest of physicians, the particular exercises which are most suitable for use in various diseases. There are other conditions than the ones mentioned below, in which the exercises might be used with benefit, but the following are the most important:

Anaemia Headache Disorders of the Digestive System Disorders of the Liver Diabetes Affections of the Lungs Disordered Conditions of the Heart Insomnia Muscular Disorders Nervous Diseases Obesity Curvature of the Spine

ANAEMIA

All the massage exercises may be practiced once or twice daily. In addition, all the deep breathing exercises may be done separately, without strain, for five or ten minutes, twice daily.

HEADACHE

Here special reference is made to massage exercise No. 1, although all the exercises will prove of indirect benefit.

DISORDERS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

(Constipation—Gas in the Stomach—Stasis—Dilatation of the Stomach—Chronic Dyspepsia—Deficient Peristaltic Action, etc.)

Reference is here made especially to massage exercise No.