title: [From Paris to Strasbourgh: the development of orthopedic and gymnastic clinics (first half of the 19th century)].
abstract: In this contribution, we try to outline a history of the rise of orthopaedic and gymnastic clinics from 1820 to 1860 in France, and particularly in Paris. These clinics are located at the crossroads of several social processes of the 19th century: the structuring of a medical field (observed through specialization, professionalization, etc.), physical exercises legitimating process or the development of a medical interest for the female body. Several types of interests and issues--epistemological, educational, social, professional or symbolic--cross around those clinics and place them as major elements in the constitution of a history of medical engagement in the production of physical education during the nineteenth century. Divided in two parts, our presentation will try to highlight various elements of a history of those clinics' rise: their directors, a geography of the implantation in Paris and a description of their customers, looking at the various educational and rehabilitative methodologies implemented in the different clinics.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences du Sport de l'Université de Lausanne, Faculté des Sciences Sociales et Politiques, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quin
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monet
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006173:Gymnastics / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history*