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

1835 HODGKIN, Thomas (1798 – 1866)

Lectures on the means of promoting and preserving health, delivered at the Mechanics' Institute.

Lectures for "working men" and women on preventative medicine and self-help. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 12204 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14414

1861 DOBELL, Horace Benge (1828 – 1917)

Lectures on the germs and vestiges of disease, and on the prevention of the invasion and fatality of disease by periodical examinations.

Dobell was the first physician to propose periodic health examinations. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 11583 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13782

1927 FISK, Eugene Lyman (1867 – 1931); CRAWFORD, J. Ramer

How to make the periodic health examination: A manual of procedure. Foreward by Major General Merritte W. Ireland, Surgeon General, United States Army.

Fisk was medical director, Life Extension Institute; Crawford was Assistant Medical Director, Life Extension Institute. "This pioneering monograph on the value of periodic health examination includes numbers of photog…

GMN 11595 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13794

1963 SIEGEL, Gordon S.

Periodic health examinations: Abstracts from the literature. Public Health Service Publication No. 1010.

An annotated bibliography of the literature to June 1962. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 11598 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13797