Hand-book of the movement cure : a description of the positions, movements, and manipulations, used for preventive and curative purposes, according to the system of Ling & the works of Rothstein, Neumann, & others / by Mathias Roth.

  • Roth, Mathias, 1839-1891.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Hand-book of the movement cure : a description of the positions, movements, and manipulations, used for preventive and curative purposes, according to the system of Ling & the works of Rothstein, Neumann, & others / by Mathias Roth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE A few historical notes on gymnastics 3 Some notes about Ling 4 The principle of Ling's gymnastics 5 Gymnastic movements (definition) 5 Value of anatomy and physiology in gymnastics „ 6 Commencing, intermediate, and final positions (fig. 1) 7 Difference of active, passive, and half-active movements 7 Active movements 8 Passive movements 8 Half-active movements 8 Active-passive movements 9 Passive-active movements 10 Physiological difference between active-passive and passive-active move- ments 10 Illustration of the various movements by engravings 11 Active forearm flexion (fig. 2) , .... 11 Passive forearm flexion (figs. 3, 4) 12 Active-passive forearm flexion (figs. 5, 6) 13 Passive-active forearm flexion (figs. 7, 8) '. 14 Active forearm flexion with assistance 15 Terminology of commencing positions 15 Stretch position (fig. 9) 16 Half stretch heel support standing position (fig. 10) 16 Oblique standing position (fig. 11) 16 Walk standing position (fig. 12) 16 Stretch wing oblique walk standing position (fig. 13) 17 Instances of commencing positions 17 Tfs five principal positions First principal position:— Straight or upright standing position 17 Arch standing position 18 Free standing position 18 High and low standing position 18 Opposite standing position 18 Lean standing position 18 Bound standing position 18 Ledge standing position 19 Second principal position :— Kneeling position 19 Arch, free, close, opposite, lean, high and low kneeling position... 19 Third principal position :— Sitting position 19