The gymnastic free exercises of P.H. Ling : a systemized course of gymnastics without apparatus, for the developing and strengthening of the body and improvement of the figure : adapted to the use of medical men, teachers, military men, and parents / arranged by H. Rothstein ; translated, with additions, by M. Roth.

  • Rothstein, H. (Hugo), 1810-1865.
Date:
1853
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Credit: The gymnastic free exercises of P.H. Ling : a systemized course of gymnastics without apparatus, for the developing and strengthening of the body and improvement of the figure : adapted to the use of medical men, teachers, military men, and parents / arranged by H. Rothstein ; translated, with additions, by M. Roth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3$7fM PREFACE. ADVANTAGES OP A NATIONAL INTRODUCTION OF LING'S FREE EXERCISES. In my work, The Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases by Movements, I called the attention of the profession and of the public to that part of Ling's system which relates to the cure of disease. A portion of the work was devoted to a few of the elementary exercises proper for the development and strengthening of the healthy body. This part has since been published separately as a pamphlet, under the title of Movements or Exercises according to Ling's System, for the due Development and Strength- ening of the Human Body in Childhood and in Youth, and has been well received by the public. Being daily more and more convinced of the im- portance of Ling's system, I have endeavoured still further to promote its introduction into this country by translating the present book, and I have added some remarks on the importance of rational gym- nastics to the healthy as well as the ailing, and the Appendix. The system of Ling is destined, I believe, to become a most important branch of any system of