Chapter 1: History of Massage: Prehistoric Ties to the Modern Era and Professional Societies, Organizations and Associations

Question 1

What is the manual manipulation of the soft tissues of the body?

Answer 1

Massage

Question 2

Written records of massage go back as early as ___?

Answer 2

3,000 bc

Question 3

Who is the father of modern Western medicine?

Answer 3

Hippocrates of Cos

Question 4

In what country did the first written accounts of massage originate?

Answer 4

China

Question 5

What is the classic scripture of traditional Chinese medicine?

Answer 5

Nei Chang

Question 6

When did the first organization use massage and therapy in its name?

Answer 6

1958

Question 7

What is the name of India’s first great medical works?

Answer 7

Cannon of Medicine

Question 8

Whose efforts led to the use of French terminology to describe massage techniques?

Answer 8

Johann Mezger

Question 9

What is the name of India’s first great medical works?

Answer 9

Ayurveda books of wisdom

Question 10

Ling’s system of massage and exercises or gymnastics

Answer 10

Swedish Movement Cure

Question 11

The most famous book in the history of medicine in both the East and the West.

Answer 11

Cannon of Medicine

Question 12

Ling’s system of massage and exercises or gymnastics

Answer 12

Swedish Movement Cure

Question 13

Japanese method based on the same traditional Chinese medicine concepts as acupuncture

Answer 13

Shiatsu

Question 14

Facility that opened in 1962 and, for many people, was their first exposure to massage

Answer 14

Esalen Institue

Question 15

Opened the Swedish Health Institue of Washington, D.C., in 1883, considered the first massage school in the United States

Answer 15

Hartvig Nissen

Question 16

First facility in the world to focus on effects of massage and touch and its applications in the treatment of diseases

Answer 16

Touch Research Intstitue

Question 17

Use of massage continued but fell into decline in Europe and Asia during this era

Answer 17

Middle Ages

Question 18

The most famous physician in the Roman Empire and who wrote extensively about massage

Answer 18

Galen

Question 19

Unlawful trade of people in which fraud, or coercion is used to control victims for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or labor services

Answer 19

Human trafficking

Question 20

Founder of modern nursing who developed a standard of care for soldiers that included massage

Answer 20

Florence Nightingale

Question 21

What were the ancient Egyptians the first to study and codify their therapeutic effects?

Answer 21

Essential oils

Question 22

Organization providing licensure examination for the massage profession

Answer 22

National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

Question 23

In 2014 what became the only licensing examination i the United States?

Answer 23

Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

Question 24

Who is the first person to make massage public & popular?

Answer 24

John Harvey Kellogg