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CIRCA 1929 CAMBRIDGE, MA SCHOOL OF SWEDISH MASSAGE AND MEDICAL GYMNASTICS COURSE DESCRIPTION. ADVERTISING BOOKLET DESCRIBING A TRAINING COURSE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPECIALIZE IN THE FIELD OF SWEDISH MASSAGE TO BE TAUGHT IN CAMBRIDGE, MA. COPYRIGHTED 1927. TWO ILLUSTRATIONS SHOW; (1) PART OF A GRADUATING CLASS AND (2) NINE WOMEN AND AN INSTRUCTOR SURROUNDING A MALE LAYING FACE DOWN DURING PRACTICAL WORK. TUITION IS QUOTED AS $100 AND SPECIAL HOME STUDY COURSES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE PROVIDED YOU CAN COME TO CAMBRIDGE TO COMPLETE THE “PRACTICAL WORK” PART OF THE COURSE. THE AUTHOR TOUTS THAT “IT MAKES YOU A SPECIALIST IN AN AGE WHEN SPECIALIZING IS THE ONLY OPEN DOOR TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS”. EXAMPLES OF EMPLOYMENT NOTED ARE: WORK WITH INVALIDS, WORK OUT OF YOUR HOME, EXISTING NURSE WOULD BECOME MORE EMPLOYABLE, MASSEURS AT BATH HOUSES AND ATHLETIC ASSISTANTS SUCH AS RING SIDE ATTENDANTS AT THE GROWING SPORT OF BOXING. TEXT INCLUDES STUDENT TESTIMONIALS, NEWSPAPER COMMENTS AND A LIST OF GRADUATES WITH THEIR HOME CITY.
STAFF IS NOTED AS FOLLOWS; DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR; ENGLEBERT J. WESTBOM. INSPECTOR; J. A. ROCKWELL, M.D. INSTRUCTOR IN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY; ALICE G. BEUNKE (SARGENT SCHOOL '28).
PAGES TOTAL 16. PAPER COVERS. APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS ARE 6-1/8” X 3-1/2”. CONDITION: EDGE BUMPS, BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER BEND THROUGHOUT. BENDS ALONG SPINE. PAGES 10 AND 14 ARE POORLY REGISTERED AND ALIGN TO FAR TO THE LEFT. THE PERFORATED, TEAR OUT COURSE APPLICATION (PAGE 17) IS MISSING.
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