Progressive Relaxation: A Physiological and Clinical Investigation of Muscular States and Their Significance in Psychology and Medical Practice |
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User Review - pjsullivan - LibraryThingVery technical book about the art of physical relaxation, the release of residual tensions from the neuromuscular system of the body, including the mind. The author believed that the way to relax the ... Read full review
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| Title | Progressive Relaxation: A Physiological and Clinical Investigation of Muscular States and Their Significance in Psychology and Medical Practice Monographs in medicine, University of Chicago The University of Chicago monographs in medicine |
| Author | Edmund Jacobson |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0598189157, 9780598189158 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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