Gustav Zander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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physician, orthopedist
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Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
About Gustav Zander
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- Jonas Gustav Vilhelm Zander (29 March 1835 in Stockholm – 17 June 1920) was a Swedish physician, orthopedist and one of the originators of mechanotherapy.
- He is known for inventing a therapeutic method of exercise carried out by means of a special apparatus.
- He began his work in 1860s.
- He established the Zander Therapeutical Institute in Stockholm. In 1880 he became a lecturer of the Stockholm University, and in 1896 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Zander exhibited his Institute at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia where his exercise machines won a gold medal.
- By 1906 he had established Institutes in 146 countries, and by 1910 "ample numbers of Americans were familiar with the machines".
- They were established at health spas, and some were privately owned though expensive.
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