The Codicil to "my will" for the healthy and the sick : containing chapters on the anatomy and care of the human body, gymnastic exercises, first help in accidents, cooking recipes, medicinal plants and the cure of diseases.

  • Kneipp, Sebastian, 1821-1897.
Date:
1897
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Credit: The Codicil to "my will" for the healthy and the sick : containing chapters on the anatomy and care of the human body, gymnastic exercises, first help in accidents, cooking recipes, medicinal plants and the cure of diseases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    The hands are folded at. the back (a) then the arms are slowly and forcibly stretched down and the shoulders drawn back and down (b). These exercises are of great benefit in bad de- portment, crooked backs, asthma and difficulty of breathing. Thrusting with the Arm. This thrusting with the arm and stroke with the fore-arm are somewhat similar in character to those above. Thrusting the arms downwards. In thrust- ing the arm the hands are clenched and by a forcible push stretched forward, side- ways, upwards and down- wards. Just as in stretching the arms, so in thrusting them, the exercise may be per- formed with the right or left arm. Thrusting alternate arms. The fore-arm stroke can be done in two ways, with wrist position and raised or crest position, the former when the back of the hand is turned up. the latter when it is turned down.