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Exam Questions
Document written by Sadie Heath Cabaniss with examination questions in anatomy and physiology for the students in the Old Dominion Hospital Training School.
El Gimnasio, plate 1
Plate 1 showing exercises using parallel bars.
Enchiridion, card
Image and description of a playing card holder
Enchiridion, list
List of items described in the text that were available for purchase.
Enchiridion, fork
Image of a combination knife/fork for use by the one-handed.
Enchiridion, title
Title page and frontispiece
El Gimnasio, plate 2
Plate 2 demonstrating exercises done with 'las argollas ó anillas' (loops or rings).
El Gimnasio, Plate 3
Plate 3, illustrating various types of equipment and exercises.
El Gimnasio, title page
Title page and photograph of the author
Life to Years, cover
Cover image of book by Dr. Herman Flax
Herman J. Flax, senior picture
Flax's MCV senior picture in the X-Ray, 1940
De Morbis Acutis et Chronicis
Frontispiece of the book
De Arte Gymnastica, p 89
Depiction of men using medicine balls.
De Arte Gymnastica, p. 164
A depiction of rope dancers using a petaurum.
De Arte Gymnastica, p 148
Illustration of rope climbing.
De Arte Gymnastica, p 45
Hand-colored illustration of a Roman bath.
De Arte Gymnastica
Title page, 2nd edition
Herman J. Flax
Photograph from September Songs
Songs of My Sixties
Cover of Songs of my Sixties
September Songs
Cover of September Songs
Medicina Gymnastica or Every Man his Own Physician, title page
Medicina Gymnastica by Francis Fuller (1670-1706) was the first work in English on the power of exercise in treating disease. The Flax collection contains the 7th edition of this work published in 1740.
Escuela española de sordomudos ó, Arte para enseñarles á escribir y hablar el idioma español
In 1795, Lorenzo Hervás (1735-1809) published this two volume work for deaf mutes. The second volume, Escuela Española De Sordomundos contain several foldouts illustrating the early sign language alphabet, one of which is viewable here.
