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Question:

Who standardized massage terminology and is given credit for bringing massage to the scientific community?

A Dr. Johann Mezger
explanation

Mezger was from Holland. After he presented massage to fellow physicians in Holland, the physicians and other followers began to use the French terms effleurage, petrissage and tapotement. It is not clear why French terms were adopted for the techniques.

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