R. T. Trall
Published: 2018-02-04
Total Pages: 236
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Excerpt from The Illustrated Family Gymnasium: Containing the Most Improved Methods of Applying Gymnastic, Calisthenic, Kinesipathic, and Vocal Exercises to the Development of the Bodily Organs, the Invigoration of Their Functions, the Preservation of Health, and the Cure of Diseases and Deformities The Object of the present volume is to bring together, in a convenient form, the many useful and important facts and principles in relation to gymnastic, calisthenic, kinesipathic, and vocal exercises, which are now scattered through a sc0re or more of books, and so to arrange and explain them as to give the whole the best practical application to'the development of all the bodily powers and functions, and to the cure of chronic diseases and weaknesses, and constitutional defects and deformities. The author has aimed to select the very best materials from all accessible sources, and to present a sufficient variety of examples to meet all the demands of human infirmity, so far as exercise is to be regarded as the remedial agency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.