GYMNASTICS

n. sing. Ji2m-na2st'i2ks. Gr., yvftvatrTiKJ, yvfivairia.. Lat., gymnastic a. Fr.,gymnast i que. Ger., Gyrnnastik. The science or art of systematic bodily exercise, [a. 21.] Active g. Gymnastic exercise by the patient himself without an a istant. Antagonistic g. Fr., gi/mnastique de Vopposant. G. consisting of movements by two persons, one of whom resists the other. Medical g. Fr., gi/mnastique medicale. Ger., Kines it her a pie. It., gimnastica medic a. The treatment of disease by g. Ocnlar g. G. applied to the ocular muscles, e. g., by means of prisms. [a, 29.] Pa ive g. Pa ive exercise by the patient's submi ion to the manipulations of a gymnast. Swedish g. A system of g. devised by Ling, of Sweden, in which there is an effort to aid the O, no; O, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 257]