An illustrated sketch of the movement-cure : its principles, methods and effects / by George H. Taylor.

  • Taylor, Geo. H. (George Herbert), 1821-1896.
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An illustrated sketch of the movement-cure : its principles, methods and effects / by George H. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    following brief comparison is made, at the risk of perhaps re- peating- what may be elsewhere in substance, stated. Movements are designed for the siclc,—Exercise, for the welL Movements are prescribed m accordance with Pathological in- dications,—Exercises are governed by caprice or chance. Movements are the physician's directions,—Exercises, the driiggist^s shop. Movements are homogeneous,— Exercises^ heterogeneous. Moveme7its slyq so collated as to support each other inIhe production of designed, special effects,—^^ercises are desultory, and are incompatible with such ends. Move- ments have Si prescribed manner, and break up old habits,— Exercises have a habitual manner. Movements are confined to designated parts of the body, or are localized,—Exercises d^Wovr all portions to engage. Movements require intervals to hus- band their effects,—Exercises, neglecting this, prodigally waste the power. Movements lessen the frequency of the pulse,—Exercises increase the frequency of the pulse. Move- ments are careful to secure, for the time, a predominance of assimilation in the system,—Exercises are liable to cause un- necessary disintegration or destruction of organized matter. Movements increase the arteriality of the blood,—Exercises, if violent, increase the venousity of the blood. Movements, for the feeble, are performed by the aid of an auxiliary power,— Exercises are the visible results of exertion. Movements accu- mutate nervous force,—Exercises, in general, are liable to eX haust nervous force.