Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Gymnastique médicinale et chirurgicale, ou essai sur l’utilité du mouvement, ou des différens exercices du corps, et du repos dans la cure des maladies.
Paris: Bastien, 1780.
The first book on therapeutic exercise as the term is understood today. English translation with facsimiles in reduced format of 18th century translations into German, Italian and Swedish, New Haven, [1964].
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #1987.4 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/3807 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | gymnastique-mdicinale-et-chirurgicale-ou-essai-sur-1utilit-du-mouvement-ou-des-diffrens-excercice-du-corps-et-du-repos-dans-la-cure-des-maladies |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Paris
Mentioned in annotation: New Haven, CT