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Professor.
Född 1831-04-12 i Åsbräcka. [1] Död 1909-04-22 i Göteborg. [1] |
Biografi |
He was born in April 12, 1831 at Åsbräcka manor in Västergötland. He was the son of captain
Carl Axel Nycander.
In September 3, 1845 he was enrolled as a cadet the Armed Forces Staff College at Carlberg,
where he was awarded two medels for "progress of the sciences".
When he had passed the officer's exam in November 1849 he was appointed second
lieutenant at the Royal Västgöta Regiment.
In 1851 he was ordered to study at the Royal Gymnastics Central Institute in Stockholm. After
passing the examination in 1853 and in 1855, after some years' stay in France, Switzerland
and Italy and in some other countries partly in orther to cure his health and partly to study
physiotherapy, he was appointed lieutnant and in 1856 he resisgned from active service to be
able to dedicate himself to Swedish gymnastics.
In 1859 he was employed as a physical training master in Uddevalla Upper Secondary School
and in 1860 he was appointed head of the volantary sharpshooters' Corps in Uddevalla.
As a token of his ardour for this task he was awarded a sable of honour by the Corps.
In 1861 de founded an Institute of Swedish Physiotherapy in Copenhagen and headed it
successfully until 1871, when he left it to his collegue Ove Krarup.
He started a similar institute in Brussels in order to introduce Swedish physiotherapy in Belgium.
In December 1878 he sold the institute and moved his activities first to Bremen and then to
Hannover, Germany. In the same year he started to practise salt-water physiotherapy at
Norderney, an island in North Sea.
In 1895 he returned to Sweden and settled in Guthenburg, where he started an institute for
education of physiotherapists.
During his 40 year long activity as a physiotherapist Nycander was one of the advocates
abroad of Swedish Physiotherapy and he contributed to make the name of Sweden well-
known and appreciated within his profession.
By publishing of some of the papers given below he has tried to spread the knowledge of
physiotherapy and the blessing of a natural way of living.
He was also well-known as a constructor of a large number of orthopedic apparatus.
In June 26, 1866 he was given the name of professor with honour and dignity by the Swedish
Goverment. In May 27, 1871 he was made a knight of the Royal Order of Vasa and in
November 1871 of the Royal Order of Dannebrog and in 1880 of the Royal Belgian Order of
Leopold.
He was a member of several medical societies as well as a honorory member of the Belgian
Leage of Physiotherapy.
He has written and published the following papers:
1. Beschreibung mit Abbildungen von Prof. Nycanders Pantagon (Allesbeweger),
ausgezeichneter Apparat für Zimmer-Heilgymnasik.
2. Ein Rath an Mütter wie sie Rückgrats-Verkrümmerung ihrer Kinder verbeugen sollen.
3. Anleitung zur freien Bewegung des menlischlichen Körpers.
4. Du massage et de son application dans le traitement de l'entorse.
5. Le traitement par la gymnastique médicale suédoise dans les maladies du coeur.
6. Apercy sur les déviations de la taille.
7. Svensk gymnastik.
8. Musik- og respirationsgymnastik for klaviespillere og sangere.
9. Comparaison au point de vue thérapeutique de la gymnastique médicale suédoise
avec l'hydrotherapie.
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