The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart : with an account of the Nauheim baths, and of the therapeutic exercises / by W. Bezly Thorne.

  • Thorne, W. Bezly (William Bezly), -1917.
Date:
1895
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    CHAPTEE V. THE EXERCISES. Movements without design weaken the heart; movements with design, on the contrary, strengthen the heart.—Thbo. Schott. [For the illustrations contained in this chapter I am indebted to the joint labours of Mr. Macdonald Gregory, one of my assistants, and of Mr. Prendergast Parker, the artist.—W. B. T.] In approaching the subject of the movements which have been shown to exercise therapeutic influences over the heart and blood-vessels, which place the drugs hitherto relied on completely in the shade and relegate them to the position of occasional auxiliaries, it cannot be too clearly stated that we have not to do with gymnastics in the sense in which that word is usually employed in the English language. They do, doubtless, in the end promote the development of the muscles generally, but that is not their primary object. It should be dis- tinctly understood that they are designed to pro- duce regulated movement with little exertion and no fatigue. The person who administers them, who may be called the operator, should strictly observe and enforce the following rules :— 1. Each movement is to be performed slowly and evenly, that is, at an uniform rate.