Notes on the movement-cure, or remedial gymnastics, the diseases in which it is used, and on scientific educational gymnastics / by M. Roth.

  • Roth, Mathias, 1839-1891.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Notes on the movement-cure, or remedial gymnastics, the diseases in which it is used, and on scientific educational gymnastics / by M. Roth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ y.«Do «ot interrupt the cure as long as any amelioration is ap<pHWft<M6r is still possible. The same rules apply to children or youths of consumptive tendency, and to those threatened with apflftooiic fulness of the brain. “■tt. .PARAtrac ArvEcnoKs are a class of diseases in which the usiaricrcinedies have, in general, no prominent effect, and in the of inveterate cases nothing is even attempted for re- Btardi%;Jthe patient’s power of movement. Tlie pa^ve movc- mantip Jay acting on the part which cannot he moved by the padcntiiimself, improve a large number of cases, and tho instances ofntadical euro aro also not rare.* “'6. In CoNWLACTiONS OF THE Liiuis, SnFFNEss, and other ABBBBTioirs OF THE JoiNTS, of a chronic nature, tho Movements areumostcbeneffcial. “ T.^Ruptoees. Many cases, not only of considerable improve- maMtr but of radical cure, of umbilical and inguinal ruptures by thsoiMiiycsinent-cure have been recorded. This important dis.- co»rognrrwill save many ruptured persons not only the inconve- nienserrof wearing a truss during their whole life, but also the. dangETauf undergoing a perilous operation. “8. GroiiEE, Ttmonns, and Swelmxo of the Gl.ands, Sceoftla, Ri«jrKiar, .- HTrocHONDEiAsis, Htsxebta, and several Mental and MJOorJcnniEE Diseases, may be alleviated or cured by these Move- maxitBualoiie,. or in conjunction -^vith other curative agents. The histoicy «f numerous cases, and the proscriptions of the Movements applied in each individual case, are to be found in the “Hand- boblfciof fhe Movement-cure,” “Cure of Chronic Diseases by MflBK»EtentsLM Scientific JEdueational Oymnaetics- Those rinterested in matters of education wiU find in Ling’s system the most complete and most scientific practical system of training the body, which is the only way of counteracting the eflBa^Srfif the now so fashionable practice of cramming to the ut- mesfi degree the brains of our children and youths; a practice whieh^. unhappily, the parents themselves encourage in the * For further information on thoso complaints, see “ Contributions to the Hy^nic Treatment of Paralysis and Paralytic Deformities, by Dr. B8Cli. Gi'oombridge and Sons, 1860.