1569 MERCURIALE, Girolamo (1530 – 1606)
Artis gymnasticae apud antiquos celeberrimae, nostris temporibus ignoratae.
A history, based on extensive study of the classical literature, of the attitudes and practices of the Greeks and Romans concerning diet, hygiene, bathing, and exercise. This is one of the earliest books to discuss th…
GMN 1986.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3781
1700 RAMAZZINI, Bernardino (1633 – 1714)
De morbis artificum diatriba.
Ramazzini's study of the diseases of workers, De morbis artificium diatriba, was the first comprehensive and systematic treatise on occupational medicine; it was also the foundation work in ergonomics. It deals with p…
GMN 2121 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/79
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
1780 TISSOT, Clément Joseph (1750 – 1826)
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.
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].
GMN 1987.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3807
1813 THOM, Walter (1770 – 1824)
Pedestrianism; or, An account of the performances of celebrated pedestrians during the last and present century : with a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7543 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9715
1822 RAMAZZINI, Bernardino (1633 – 1714); PATISSIER, Philibert (1791 – 1863)
Traité des maladies des artisans, et de celles qui résultent des diverse professions, d'après Ramazzini; Ouvrage dans lequel on indique les précautions que doivent prendre, sous le rapport de la salubrité publique et particulière, les fabricans, les manufacturiers, les chefs d'ateliers, les artistes, et toutes les personnes qui exercent des professions insalubres.
This second French edition of Ramazzini's De morbis artificum diabriba by Philibert Patissier provides so much new material on the diseases of workers in France as to virtually double the length of Ramazzini’s text. D…
GMN 9326 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11508
1834 LING, Per Henrik (1776 – 1839)
Gymnastikens allmänna grunder.
The foundation of modern gymnastics and therapeutic massage. Ling established the Swedish school of physiotherapy with his institute for training gymnastics teachers in Stockholm in 1813. He developed the ancient Gree…
GMN 1993 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/82
1846 WARREN, John Collins (1778 – 1856)
Physical education and the preservation of health.
An expanded version of a lecture first delivered and published as a pamphlet in 1830. This is the first edition in book form, and one of the first American works on the value of exercise for the preservation of health…
GMN 11724 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13925
1864 MERCURIALE, Girolamo (1530 – 1606); BLUNDELL, John Wilton Frankland (1820 – 1883)
The muscles and their story, from the earliest times: Including the whole text of Mercurialis, and the opinions of other writers, ancient and modern, on mental and bodily development
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 8975 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11154
1899 DARLING, Eugene Abraham (1868 – 1934)
The effects of training. A study of the Harvard University Crews.
Pioneering study of the physiological effects of training.
GMN 4478.105 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/83
1910 WEISSBEIN, Siegfried (1876 – )
Hygiene des Sports… Herausgegeben von Siegfried Weissbein. 2 vols.
The first comprehensive work on sports medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 4478.106 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/317
1914 SAAR, Karl Günther Freiherr von (1878 – 1918)
Die Sportverletzungen. Neue Deutsche Chirurgie, hrsg. von P. von Bruns., 13. bd.
Sportart, Sportverletzung, Sportmedizin, Kampfsport, Ballspiel, Leichtathletik, Tanz, Bergsport, Gerätturnen, Wassersport, Wintersport, Motorsport, Pferdesport, Rudersport, Radsport, Sporttraumatologie.
GMN 12381 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14606
1924 DEUTSCH, Felix; KAUF, Emil
Herz und Sport: klinische Untersuchungen über die Einwirkung des Sportes auf das Herz.
This pioneering study on the effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system was translated into English by Louis M. Warfield as Herz und Sport. Heart and athletics. London: Henry Kimpton, 1927. Digital facsimile of …
GMN 11580 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13779
1925 MENDEL, Felix (1862 – 1925)
Chirurgie der Sportunfalle.
GMN 12382 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14607
1927 HILL, Archibald Vivian (1886 – 1977)
Muscular movement in man: The factors governing speed and recovery from fatique.
GMN 12383 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14608
1931 HEALD, Charles Brehmer (1882 – 1974)
Injuries and sport. A general guide for the practitioner.
The first English treatise on sports medicine.
GMN 4478.107 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/319
1931 MEANWELL, Walter Ernest (1884 – 1953); ROCKNE, Knute Kenneth (1888 – 1931)
Training, conditioning, and the care of injuries.
The first American book on sports medicine, co-authored by the legendary football coach, Knute Rockne.
GMN 4478.108 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8871
1933 STEVENS, Marvin Allen (1900 – 1979); PHELPS, Winthrop Morgan (1894 – 1971)
The control of football injuries.
Apparently the first book on the prevention and treatment of injuries in a single sport, written after fifty players were killed in the 1931 American football season. Stevens was an orthopedic surgeon who became head …
GMN 4478.109 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/321
1938 PALMER, Ivor
On the injuries to the ligaments of the knee joint: A clinical study.
Classic study of knee ligament injuries.
GMN 4478.110 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/323
1947 BOHM, Wilber (1890 – 1971)
Research and writings on training, conditioning, treatment of athletic injuries, and corrective work. 2 vols.
Bohm was probably the first full-time professional physician in professional sports.
GMN 11392 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13591
1976 GUTTMANN, Sir Ludwig (1899 – 1980)
Textbook of sports for the disabled.
Pioneer treatise on sports for the handicapped by the physician who first introduced archery competition as a therapeutic measure for paraplegic war veterans in 1948.
GMN 4478.111 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/84
2008 MERCURIALE, Girolamo (1530 – 1606); NUTTON, Vivian (1943 – ); PENNUTO, Concetta
De arte gymnastica. The art of gymnastics. Critical edition by Concetta Pennuto. English translation by Vivian Nutton.
This critical edition, based upon the 1601 edition, the last edition published in Mercuriale's lifetime, includes the Latin text and English translation, reproductions of the woodcuts attributed to Coriolan and the or…
GMN 9370 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11553
