Women performing the crawling exercises of Prof. Klapp, to strengthen the back. Photographs, 1949.

  • Klapp, Rudolf, 1873-1949.
Date:
1949
Reference:
4852i
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Description

Rudolf Klapp was a surgeon and orthopaedist at Marburg/Lahn. His crawling exercises were intended to train the muscles of the back without overloading the spine. All the exercises were taken from the walk and movements of four-footed animals, on the ground that mistakes and deformities of the spine were very rarely perceived in four-footed animals. "Deformities are principally caused by the upright walk of men and that is this way the spine is too much loaded" (from accompanying text)

Publication/Creation

1949

Physical description

9 photographs

Lettering

Crawling exercises of Prof. Klapp. Inside front cover: "With compliments May 1949 Eva [?] Niederbeck" [name indistinct]

Notes

With: typed text (2 leaves) describing the exercises and their rationale

Reference

Wellcome Collection 4852i

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