Abstract
Healing by touch is a practice so ancient that it is impossible even to guess at when it was first practised; examples are found in cultures throughout the world, and it has never fallen into disuse.
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Trevelyan, J., Booth, B. (1994). Therapeutic touch. In: Complementary Medicine. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13252-2_7
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