Gymnastics in heart diseases / by Claës J. Enebuske.

  • Enebuske, Claës Julius
Date:
1896
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Credit: Gymnastics in heart diseases / by Claës J. Enebuske. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are elaborated and described and practised. In chronological order mentioned, they are: (1) The manual gymnastic method, originated by the Swedish gymnasiarch Ling, further elaborated by his followers, and during the last thirty or forty years by an increasing number of physicians in Sweden. (2) The so-called medico-mechanic method, elabor¬ ated by Dr. Zander in Sweden. (3) The mountain-climbing or terrain cure, elabor¬ ated by the German professor Dr. Oertel. Of these methods the two first mentioned are most distinctly gymnastic, consisting of formally defined postures and movements. OertePs is less formal in the movements employed, inasmuch as they consist in walking up hills, but in them certain physiological principles are employed, which are also employed in the two first mentioned, more distinctly gymnastic methods. Oertel’s method is described in his “ Ther- apie der Kreislaufs-Storungen,” the description easily accessible. Zander’s method is based upon the same principles as the manual gymnastic method, but elab¬ orated differently in the technique inasmuch as me¬ chanical machines, run by steam or electricity, give the postures and movements to the patient. The tech¬ nique of this method cannot be well demonstrated without the machines ; the theory is described, if the theory of the manual method is described. The manual gymnastic method is the oldest, em¬ braces the principles of all the methods, has the wid¬ est scope of applicability, and is continually being fuller elaborated by physicians in Sweden who hold official positions under the Swedish government as well as by private practitioners of medicine. The term “ gymnastic physician ” sounds as natural in the Swedish language as the title “ orthopedic surgeon ” in English. Bv this is meant men who have studied gymnastics in connection with medicine, have taken medical examination and are licensed by the Royal
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