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Chapter01:HistoryofMassage:PrehistoricTimestotheModernEra,and ProfessionalSocieties,
Organizations,and Associations
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1. Whichmethod isdefined asmanual manipulationofsoft tissue usingpressureandtraction for
therapeutic, palliative, and recreational purposes?
a.
Acupuncture
b.
Ayurveda
c. Polarity
therapy
d. Massage therapy
ANS:
D
Massagetherapyisas a methodofmanipulatingsofttissueusingpressure and traction for therapeutic,
palliative, and recreational purposes.

2. Whichorigin forthe word massageis Greek?
a.
Mashesh
b. Masso
c. Masser
d.
Makeh
ANS:
B
Theoriginoftheword massageisunclear,but can betraced tonumeroussources: theHebrew
mashesh, the Greek masso and massin, the Latin massa, the Arabic mass’h, the Sanskrit makeh,
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3. Whenis the earliest the term massage was usedbymost European-based cultures?
a. 1600s
b. 1700s
c. 1800s
d.
1900s
ANS:
C
By the early 1800s, the term massage was used by most European-based cultures. Historically,
massagewas referred tobyits techniquessuch as friction orsimplyrubbing.

4. Thefirst written records ofmassagedate back to 3000 BC in which country?
a.
India
b. China
c. Egypt
d.
Greece
ANS:
B


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Earlyrecordshaverevealedthatthepracticeofmassagegoes back toChina, as early as3000 BC.
Acupuncture was not mentioned in Chinese writings until 90 BC.

5. Which work is commonlyreferred to as the classic scriptureoftraditional Chinese medicine?
a. Tao TeChing




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b. NeiChing
c. Ayur-Veda
d. Corpus Hippocraticum
ANS: B
At the time of Hwang Ti, various ideas and beliefs were compiled under the name of the Yellow
Emperor (died in 2599 BC) whichbecame theclassic scriptureof traditional Chinese medicine
knownas theNei Chang.TheNeiChangwas written about 2760 BC, and this work contains
detailed descriptions of massage procedures as well as herbal medicines.

6. Whatis the original massagetechniquein China and the precursorto manual and energetic
therapies?
a. Polarity
b. Shiatsu
c. Acupuncture
d. Amma
ANS: D
Ammaisregardedas the original massagetechniqueandprecursorto all otherChinese therapies,
manual and energetic.

7. Which healingmethod is based on Hindu tradition?
a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Amma
d.
Polarity
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Knowledgeof ammamassagetraveledto thesubcontinent of Indiafrom China and massage
becamepartofHindu tradition. Massageis described in India’s first great medical works, the Ayur-
Veda books of wisdom (about 1800 BC) and recommend it as an almost indispensable healing
procedure.

8. Whichmethod isJapanese butbased on Chinesemedicineconcepts, and uses appliedpressure of the
thumbs, elbows, and other parts of the body?
a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Massage
d. Amma
ANS: B
Shiatsu is a Japanese method based on the same traditional Chinese medicine concepts as
acupuncture. Acupuncturists use needles at specific points to balance the flow of energy; shiatsu
therapists usetheirfingers, thumbs,forearms,and elbows, andeven theirknees and feet.

9. Whois generallyrecognized as the fatherof modern Western medicine?
a. Galen
b. Celsus
c.
Rhazes
d. Hippocrates





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