Publication

1735 - , Leipzig, Germany

Language

Multiple languages

Word Count

13,000 words, Guess

Page Count

52 pages

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • Novum sanitatis praesidium ex equitatione, machinae beneficio instituenda.
  • Anweisung zu einer der Gesundheit dienlichen neu erfundenen Art der Bewegung.

Description

Describes and illustrates the mechanical exercising horse that Quellmaltz designed while the author lists the health benefits of horse riding in general and of his mechanical horse in particular, before going on to describe its installation and use. Horse riding was considered beneficial for patients suffering from giddiness and fainting, melancholy, scurvy, epilepsy, respiratory diseases, and rheumatism and was really suitable for the aged and women.

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