References: (Massage History)

Braun MB & Simonson S (2008) Introduction to Massage Therapy. Philadelphia, PA. Wolters Kluwer/ Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Field Tiffany (2000) Touch Therapy. Churchill Livingston

Parsons T (2004) An Holistic Guide to Massage. Thomson
(Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage#History

Vygotsky (1978) http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/history-massage.html.

http://www.holisticonline.com/massage/mas_history.htm