Mechanical exercise as a means of cure : being a description of The Zander Institute, London (7 Soho Square), its history, appliances, scope, and object / edited by the Medical Officer to the Institution.

Date:
1883
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    to be applied, are clearly laid down.' With the view to providing medical men with means of testing the capabilities of the Institution, a limited number of free patients are admitted j any member of the profession is at liberty to send a patient when there is a vacancy. It should be clearly understood, however, that the establishment is intended not only for those who seek a cure for some particular disease or deformity, but also for those who desire to find a preventive against the evils generated by a sedentary life, and who are consequently anxious to obtain good and wholesome muscular exercise; such persons can look forward to attaining there a perfectly har- monious development of their muscular system. A list of the definite complaints which are most frequently treated is to be found at p. 76. The following machines are in the Institution; they are divided into four classes :— Class A. Machines principally applicable to the arms. « « » „ „ legs. • 5> C. „ „ „ „ trunk. „ D. Passive machines. ' As the Institution is intended to be an assistance to the medical profession, patients in all cases are particularly requested to consult their private medical advisers before and during each course.