M0012607: Illustration of two adults demonstrating a posture exercise

Previous title, replaced August 2022: Posture exercise.

Photograph of an illustration depicting a man and a woman carrying weights under the arm as an orthopaedic exercise designed to remedy an imbalance in shoulder height. This reproduction was made from Andry de Bois-Regard, Nicolas; L'orthopédie, ou, l'art de prevenir et de corriger dans les enfans, les difformités du corps, Paris : La veuve Alix, Lambert & Durand, 1741. Related images: M0012604, M0012606, M0012607, M0012608, M0012609

July 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds copies of the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.