Six Books on the Art of Gymnastics
Hieronymi Mercurialis De arte gymnastica libri sex
Mercuriale, Girolamo, 1530-1606
MedicineClassical PhilosophyRenaissance PhilosophyEarly Modern Medicine SubRenaissance Natural Philosophy
Early Modern MedicineNatural Philosophy & ScienceClassical PhilosophyRenaissance PhilosophyMedicine & Natural History
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Centuries before the dawn of modern fitness, Girolamo Mercuriale staged a medical revolution by reclaiming the 'lost' wisdom of the ancients: that movement is the ultimate medicine. This 16th-century masterpiece reveals how everything from shouting and swinging to wrestling and Roman bathing can preserve the soul and shield the body from the 'plague of intemperance.'
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