The Mensendieck System of Functional Exercises. Vol. 1.

Hardcover, pictorial cloth. 154 pp. Illustrated with 68 b/w photographs and 11 colourplates of anatomical drawings. Ink name on front pastedown; some soiling to cloth, and spine age-darkened, with slight rubbing to head and foot; interior is actually otherwise Near Fine. The Mensendieck system is a holisitc paramedical system of correct body mechanics, muscle function and posture, which aims to relieve occupational stresses, sports-related injuries, and chronic back and joint pains. An early contribution to chiropractic (the previous owners of this copy were chiropractors).