Gustav Zander
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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.
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Born | Jonas Gustav Vilhelm Zander 29 March 1835 |
Died | 17 June 1920 (1920-06-18) (aged 85) |
Occupation(s) | Physician, Orthopedist |
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.[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.