Touching

Touching The Human
Significance of the Skin

Preface to the First Edition ix
Preface to the Second Edition xi
Preface to the Third Edition xiii
Acknowledgments xvii

1 The Mind of the Skin 3
2 The Womb of Time 47
3 Breastfeeding 69
4 Tender , Loving Care 96
5 The Physiological Effects of Touching 198
6 Skin and Sex 204
7 Growth and Development 237
8 Culture and Contact 292
9 Touch and Age 393

Envoi 401

Appendix 1
Therapeutic Touch 404

Appendix 2
The Effects upon the Mother of Removal
of the Infant Immediately after Birth 412

References 415
Index 479