The institutional history of physical therapy: its schools, societies, wards and apparatus, 1813 onward.

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Stockholm

The Royal Gymnastic Central Institute, Ling's curriculum, and the institutional line that runs from 1813 to the first professional charters.

A uniformed guard stands alone in front of a grand palace facade with arched windows
Ling divided gymnastics into four branches; the medical branch became physiotherapy.Photo: Finn Ruijter / Pexels