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Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Diseases and Their Treatment.

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The practice of relieving pain by manipulation of the body was the effective movement cure resorted to by the islanders years before the Swedish or massage treatment assumed its present prominence. Without entering upon the question of how valuable the practice of lomi-lomi may be as a cure for ailments, I may testify to the physical regeneration of this titillant manipulation. On more that one occasion I have thrown myself upon the ground, completely exhausted by over-exertion, and yielded to…

Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Diseases and Their Treatment.

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