A Manual of Treatment by Massage and Methodical Muscle Exercise (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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In a book by F. Lutterbach, bearing the pompous title, Revolution in the Art of Walking, which appeared in Paris in 1850, we find most divers modes of respiration treated of yet they were known to Chinese physicians centuries ago. The title of the book cong-fan indicates its contents: Cong meaning an art, Fou a man therefore, the man who uses an art [or perhaps the art used upon man According to recent researches, there can' be no doubt that it contains directions 'for treating, by gymnastics, sprains.

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