1705 FULLER, Francis (1670 – 1706)

Medicina gymnastica; or, a treatise concerning the power of exercise.

The first English book on the power of exercise in treating disease. Fuller also recommended exercise for aid in the recovery from psychological and emotional disorders. In this he preceded Cheyne (No. 4840).

GMN 1986.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/80