While the Smithsonian Libraries’ German version of Dr. By the turn of the century, his machines were in health spas across the country, emblematic of an upscale clientele looking for status symbols to reflect their leisurely lifestyles and exemption from physical labor. It’s no wonder that his show at the Centennial Exhibition would help ignite a craze in the United States for his machines. For the first time, a sizable chunk of society was now working in offices and “laboring” without physical exertion.Īt the same time, industrialization brought with it rapid mechanization. Zander’s contributions to this perennial gym craze began in the midst of heavy industrialization in the latter part of the 19th century. Zander’s medico-mechanische Gymnastik was published in 1892, he was well on his way to establishing Zander Institutes across the globe.ĭr. He would further develop these devices, going on to win a gold medal at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia for his exercise machines. He quickly established the Therapeutic Zander Institute in Stockholm, a state-supported institute using his machines to help workers correct physical impairments. Zander would explore the connection between mechanics of the body and muscle building while in medical school in Sweden in the early 1860s. Incorporating machinery allowed for less exertion, opening up therapeutic movement to those with injuries, deformities,and those just not in good enough shape for calisthenics.īorn in Stockholm in 1835, Dr. Zander’s medico-mechanische Gymnastik by Alfred Levertin (Stockholm: 1892 Movement as a therapeutic agent did already have its proponents-Zander was a follower of the movement cure promoted by an earlier pioneer of exercise Per Henrik Ling. Zander was likely not the first to see positivity in using machines to aid in health, but his connection of regular exertion using machines to honor health and well being was certainly a novel idea in an age when blood-letting and noxious humors were still pretty standard. Gustav Zander, who helped pioneer “mechanotherapy,” or the promotion of health and healing through the use the exercise apparatus.
Such is the case of the Swedish physician Dr. But the most mundane and rote habits of our daily life can belie a fascinating and not regularly considered antecedent. Perhaps you’d be forgiven for never wondering about the history of gym machines, should you be drowning out the brutal task of half an hour on the recumbent bike with distracting upbeat music and trashy magazines. And as you resolve to hit the gym, I’d like to shift your attention momentarily to something most of us don’t ponder-the history of the humble exercise machine. Ma.No doubt some of you are among the many hardened souls intent upon making this year the year you finally get in shape. I’m very curious totoo bang mayroong aneurysm? Mache-check mo ba ang ibang organs for natural disease or is this a way for them to go back, 'Uy teka nakalimutan namin kumuha ng ng tissue samples?'” she added. “You cannot do it anymore so I’m not sure what is the purpose of this examination. “If your purpose in doing a second examination is to swab, surfaces for sexual assault examination, DNA, halimbawa, that’s too late,” she said. However, Fortun said conducting a second autopsy to swab Dacera of substantial evidence of rape was already “too late.”
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the National Bureau of Investigation will conduct a second autopsy on Dacera’s body to determine the real cause of her death. There was also the speculation that she was drugged.ĭacera’s family had also believed she did not die of aortic aneurysm, contrary to the earlier medical report released and has since gone viral on social media. She had checked in to celebrate New Year’s Eve with her friends.Įarlier, the Philippine National Police insisted that Dacera was raped prior to her death. There are many things I’m not sure,” she added.ĭacera, a 23-year-old flight attendant, was found dead in the bathtub of a hotel room in Makati on New Year’s Day. However, doon sa alleged contusion na ’to, mayroon daw needle puncture mark so ano ibig sabihin nito? Are you telling me that the hemorrhage you saw here is an attempt to inject something or insert an IV line? So it’s not clear to me.
"Contusion implies bruise, bugbog so sugat ‘yan. because that's exactly standard forensic autopsy report."Īsked what other details she was looking for in the medico-legal report, Fortun cited an example: “There is a contusion, lesion sa back of one hand."
A forensic pathologist on Thursday said there are still a lot of questions unanswered by the medico-legal report prepared by the police over the death of flight attendant Christine Dacera.Īsked in an interview on Balitanghali if there was anything lacking in the medico-legal report, Dr.
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