A few remarks on the use and abuse of the gymnastic and hygeinic [sic] exercises : with their powerful agency in the development and formation of a good figure in both man and woman, as well as in the prention of spinal & chest deformities and more particularly as the only means of effectually removing them without injury, & even with improvement to the constitution of the patient / by Professor Hamon.

  • Hamon (Professor)
Date:
1844
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Credit: A few remarks on the use and abuse of the gymnastic and hygeinic [sic] exercises : with their powerful agency in the development and formation of a good figure in both man and woman, as well as in the prention of spinal & chest deformities and more particularly as the only means of effectually removing them without injury, & even with improvement to the constitution of the patient / by Professor Hamon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    for so long a time i I found, however, that the in- dulgent parent could not find in his heart to de- prive his daughter of her only enjoyment, and I was obliged to reason with the child herself before I could be sure that it would be given up during her continuance under my care; in ten days after this the usual beneficial effects of the treatment began to manifest themselves, and in three months every vestige of deformity disappeared, and she returned to her favorite pursuit with renewed ardour, but to prosecute it more rationally, and in a less dangerous way, by using a proper easel, or sitting to her work, and never too long without rest, con- tinuing, at the same time the exercises which I well knew would counteract the ill consequences of such a pursuit; some modification of which, I have clearly shewn, should accompany the studies of the strong and well formed, as well as those of the weak and predisposed to distortion. She was three inches and a half taller before the end of the year, partly by the straigthening of the double cur- vature, and partly by natural growth. Her gene- ral health also, and vigor of body and mind, more than kept pace with the improvement of person.