This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...These two brothers were inspired with an almost religious enthusiasm for their master, the great Ling. They had a large following and did a monumental work for the cause of "The Swedish Movement Cure," and indirectly for Swedish gymnastics in general. When finally trained teachers in the various branches of Swedish ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...These two brothers were inspired with an almost religious enthusiasm for their master, the great Ling. They had a large following and did a monumental work for the cause of "The Swedish Movement Cure," and indirectly for Swedish gymnastics in general. When finally trained teachers in the various branches of Swedish gymnastics arrived from Sweden they found the field partly prepared. The movement, which thus started about the middle of the nineteenth century, has grown in extent, force and intensity until today every medical school pays some attention to the subject of Mechano-Therapy and "Swedish Movements" and many of our larger institutions and hospitals have established special departments for the study and application of its principles. In practically every city in the nation there is at least one (in the large centres there are many) practitioners, who give "massage and Swedish movement." A great many institutes for the treatment of special cases, have also been founded where Zander apparatus and other Swedish appliances and methods are used. Many highly trained gymnasts and practitioners, women as well as men, have come from Sweden in the last few years, like Nils Posse, C. J. Enebuske, C. Collin, William Skarstrom, T. A. Melander, Jakob Bolin, J. B. Nylin, K. W. Ostrom, Grafstrom and others, too numerous to mention. Some of these have taken full courses in medicine and have done a wonderful work in different parts of the country, as practitioners, teachers and writers on the subject of their special field. As knowledge of Swedish medical gymnastics and Mechano-Therapy became more general, Swedish educational gymnastics began to win admirers and supporters and about thirty years ago we find it making headway against the e...
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