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Medicina Gymnastica or Every Man his Own Physician

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Title page of the 7th edition, 1740

Francis Fuller (1670-1706) first published his work on medical gymnastics in 1705. The work passed through six editions prior to the issue of the one entitled Medicina Gymnastica: or Every Man his Own Physician. It is the first book in English on the power of exercise in treating disease.