Dr. 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 the 1860s. He established the Zander Therapeutical Institute in Stockholm.
Gustav Zander
Gustav Zander bust in Zander Hall, Imperial Spa, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Zander exhibited his Institute at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia where his exercise machines won a gold medal.[1] By 1906 he had established Institutes in 146 countries, and by 1910 "ample numbers of Americans were familiar with the machines".[2] They were established at health spas, and some were privately owned though expensive.
Arthur Jones Controversyedit
In the 1970s Arthur Jones, invented machines known as Nautilus to aid with High Intensity Training . Nautilus workout machines proved to be very similar to Gustav Zander's exercising machines which were widespread in America in the early 20th century, but Jones insists that he made these discoveries without any knowledge of Zander's discoveries:
"So, in attempts to improve my exercise results, I designed and built a total of about twenty very sophisticated exercise machines, then believing that these were the first exercise machines ever built by anybody. But many years later, I learned that a doctor named Gustav Zander had designed and built a number of exercise machines in Europe nearly a hundred years before I built my first one; I did not copy Zander's work and learned nothing from him, was not even aware of his work until long after I had made the same discoveries that he had made. But if I had known about, and understood, Zander's work, it would have saved me a lot of time and a rather large fortune in money, because the man was a genius; his only problem was that he lived about a century ahead of his time, at a time when very few people cared about exercise and even fewer knew anything about it."[3] The machines were based on the same principle of variable resistance but were not in any other way similar.
Referencesedit
^Carolyn Thomas de la Pena The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American New York University Press (2003) p72
^Carolyn Thomas de la Pena The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American New York University Press (2003) p73
gustav, zander, jonas, gustav, vilhelm, zander, march, 1835, stockholm, june, 1920, swedish, physician, orthopedist, originators, mechanotherapy, known, inventing, therapeutic, method, exercise, carried, means, special, apparatus, began, work, 1860s, establish. Dr 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 the 1860s He established the Zander Therapeutical Institute in Stockholm Gustav ZanderGustav Zander bust in Zander Hall Imperial Spa Karlovy Vary Czech RepublicBornJonas Gustav Vilhelm Zander29 March 1835StockholmDied17 June 1920 1920 06 18 aged 85 Occupation s Physician OrthopedistShare of the S A de Gymnastique Medicale Mecanique Systeme du Docteur Zander issued 17 June 1880 with pictures of different Zander machinesIn 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 1 By 1906 he had established Institutes in 146 countries and by 1910 ample numbers of Americans were familiar with the machines 2 They were established at health spas and some were privately owned though expensive Arthur Jones Controversy editIn the 1970s Arthur Jones invented machines known as Nautilus to aid with High Intensity Training Nautilus workout machines proved to be very similar to Gustav Zander s exercising machines which were widespread in America in the early 20th century but Jones insists that he made these discoveries without any knowledge of Zander s discoveries So in attempts to improve my exercise results I designed and built a total of about twenty very sophisticated exercise machines then believing that these were the first exercise machines ever built by anybody But many years later I learned that a doctor named Gustav Zander had designed and built a number of exercise machines in Europe nearly a hundred years before I built my first one I did not copy Zander s work and learned nothing from him was not even aware of his work until long after I had made the same discoveries that he had made But if I had known about and understood Zander s work it would have saved me a lot of time and a rather large fortune in money because the man was a genius his only problem was that he lived about a century ahead of his time at a time when very few people cared about exercise and even fewer knew anything about it 3 The machines were based on the same principle of variable resistance but were not in any other way similar References edit Carolyn Thomas de la Pena The Body Electric How Strange Machines Built the Modern American New York University Press 2003 p72 Carolyn Thomas de la Pena The Body Electric How Strange Machines Built the Modern American New York University Press 2003 p73 Brian D Johnston An Interview with Arthur JonesExternal links edit Dr Gustav Zander Studio Uma Archived from the original on 27 August 2012 Retrieved 10 June 2012 nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to medicine in Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gustav Zander amp oldid 1167210462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
