Guenther Katja
Bull Hist Med. 2014 Spring;88(1):102-31. doi: 10.1353/bhm.2014.0022.
This article focuses on the convergence of sports and medicine in the practice of neurological gymnastics (Übungstherapie) in the German-speaking world at the turn of the twentieth century. It shows how Übungstherapie first found receptive ground within the peripheral medical space of the spa town (Kurort). Übungstherapie appealed to Kurort patients because, as a form of neurological gymnastics, it drew on the cultural capital of the broader German gymnastics movement. Only later did Übungstherapie find a place in more mainstream medicine, recasting itself as an integral part of neurological practice. Recuperating the therapeutic aspects of neurology, this article suggests that the development of Übungstherapie contributed to the formation of neurology as an independent specialty, distinct from psychiatry and internal medicine. It thus demonstrates the importance of expanding the scope of historical study beyond the traditional boundaries of the mainstream in order to understand clinical, institutional, and disciplinary change.
本文聚焦于20世纪之交德语世界中神经体操（运动疗法）实践里体育与医学的融合。它展示了运动疗法最初是如何在温泉小镇（疗养地）的外围医学领域找到接纳之地的。运动疗法吸引疗养地的患者，是因为作为一种神经体操形式，它借鉴了更广泛的德国体操运动的文化资本。运动疗法只是后来才在更主流的医学中占据一席之地，将自身重塑为神经学实践的一个组成部分。本文通过恢复神经学的治疗方面，表明运动疗法的发展促成了神经学成为一个独立于精神病学和内科医学的专科。因此，它证明了扩大历史研究范围超越主流传统界限对于理解临床、机构和学科变革的重要性。
