An elementary course of gymnastic exercises : intended to develope and improve the physical powers of man / by Peter Henry Clias.
- Clias, Peter Heinrich, 1782-1854.
- Date:
- 1823
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An elementary course of gymnastic exercises : intended to develope and improve the physical powers of man / by Peter Henry Clias. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![just described. In moving the foot backwards the toe touches the ground first, one, then the heel, two, and the toe being raised and placed immediately on the sjround makes the third time. These Exercises are very advantageous tor in- creasing the force of the active station. The slight vibration which is experienced in the abdomen, by the repeated shakings of the three blows which the feet alternately make on the ground, produce, on persons affected with intestinal obstructions, a move- ment more gentle, salutary, and various, than the ordinary walking pace. Exercise IV.—First Balance. To make this balance, one of the legs, for exam- ple, the right, must be slowly raised, taking care to lift up the heel before the toe, and without derang- ing the position of the upper part of the body ; the knee must be raised to a level with the stomach, then the right f*lls gwitly down between the thighs, grasps the instep of the raised foot, and remain' there. Exercise V.—To touch the Ground. The boy, being ])laced as we have seen, leans the upper part of the body forward, bends upon the leg which supports it, and endeavours to touch the ground with the knee of the leg which i^](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22283183_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
