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An écorché face showing the state of the facial muscles during relaxation. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.

An Englishman sits smoking a hookah as an Asian man approaches making a salaam. Engraving by W. Humphrys, c. 1834, after W. Daniell.

Men playing backgammon outside in an arbor, nearby others smoke and drink. Etching by J. de Visscher after A. van Ostade.

A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients engaged in reading, writing, playing cards, etc. Coloured lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.

A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: in the afternoon, nurses massage a patient, apply electrical muscle stimulation, knit and chat. Colour and coloured lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.

A sailor sitting on a barrel and smoking. Reproduction of a woodcut, early 19th century.

Pastimes: listening to a precocious chiild, creating a sculpture, a life class for women, and an artist's reminiscences of plein-air painting in Italy. Coloured lithograph after H. Monnnier, 1839.

A man sits at a barrel-table to light his pipe, others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1746, after D. Teniers.

I find water relaxing / Stefan Alexander.

Relaxation and biofeedback.

Relax and be successful / [James Hewitt].

You must relax : a practical method of reducing the strains of modern living / by Edmund Jacobson, M.D.

The sweetness of doing nothing : on calmness and silence and how to achieve it / a book by Lara Kaminski.

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I find water relaxing / Stefan Alexander.

Relaxation and biofeedback.

Relax and be successful / [James Hewitt].

You must relax : a practical method of reducing the strains of modern living / by Edmund Jacobson, M.D.

The sweetness of doing nothing : on calmness and silence and how to achieve it / a book by Lara Kaminski.