Collection GB 0120 GC/6 - Broman, Allan (1861-1947)

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These three volumes belonging to Allan Broman were acquired by the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in the summer of 1981, although unfortunately provenance was not noted. A list of their contents was prepared by a member of the library staff and they were subsequently placed in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre.

GB 0120 GC/6 1885-1911 Collection 1 box Broman , Allan , 1861-1947

Allan Broman; Diploma from Central Institute of Gymnastics, Stockholm;
Assistant [in England?] to J.H. Kellgren (1837-1916), exponent of Ling system and pioneer of medical gymnastics, 1883; Established practice in London (this is the date of the first entry in his notebooks), 1884. This may have begun as a partnership since the first treatment [massage and exercises?] was given by J.H. Kellgren and his brother Arvid, while Broman interviewed and examined the patients. Subsequently Broman took over the treatment from the Kellgrens whose names disappear [except for references to 'old patients of Kellgren's]. Mrs Broman evidently also administered treatment, though she seems to have had her own clientele.

Founded National Physical Recreation Society, 1886; Founded his own 'medical institute' - not named by sources but Broman used paper headed 'Institute for the Manual Treatment of Diseases, 10 Southwick Place, Hyde Park, W' (see inserts in notebooks), 1888; Organising Master of Physical Exercises to London School Board. His Swedish system opposed first by Thomas Chesterton (Superintendent of Physical Exercises, who had his own system, more popular with teachers) and later by anti-militarist lobby, 1888-1893; President, Swedish Gymnastics Association, 1891; Appointed to conduct first course at new Royal Navy gymnastics school of Portsmouth, 1902-1903; Founder member of 'Svenska Sjukgymnastiksällskapet Ling' (Swedish Ling School of Medical Gymnastics), 1905; Founded Central Institute for Swedish Gymnastics for men students (Paddington Street, London) on lines of Stockholm Institute, 1911; Central Institute became hospital. Broman engaged in recruit training for new armies, 1914.

Central Institute purchased from Broman by London County Council and renamed L.C.C. College of Physical Education, c 1918; Broman's daughter was Anna B. Broman MRCP,LRCP (1891-1962) also used the form of Swedish massage which Broman introduced to England, and published on the subject (Recreative Physical Training, n.d.). Her aunt was Madam Bergman Osterbury who ran a college at Dartford, Kent, which had a high reputation for its methods of physical training. n.b. Portraits of Allan Broman and J.H. Kellgren are in A. Holmström's Svensk Gymastik 1904-1929, 1930.

These three volumes belonging to Allan Broman were acquired by the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in the summer of 1981, although unfortunately provenance was not noted. A list of their contents was prepared by a member of the library staff and they were subsequently placed in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre.

These three volumes belonging to Allan Broman were acquired by the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in the summer of 1981, although unfortunately provenance was not noted. A list of their contents was prepared by a member of the library staff and they were subsequently placed in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre.

Attendance book, 1885-1901, and casebooks, including some correspondence, 1905-1911, of Allan Broman's private practice in London (partly in Swedish).

1 box as set out above in Scope and Content.

Open.The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Online catalogue.

MSS.5406-5409 and 7869-7872 comprise papers of [Jonas] Henrik Kellgren. Papers of Kellgren's son-in-law, Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax, also a practitioner of Swedish medical gymnastics, are held as MSS.2001-2025 and 6054-6060. MS.3348 comprises a work on Swedish medical gymnastics by Amalia Lundgren and MSS.5027-5028 works on the same subject by Anna Justina Augusta Wilson. All this material was acquired by the Wellcome Library with Edgar Cyriax's papers.

Copied from the Wellcome online catalogue by Barbara Ball.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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These three volumes belonging to Allan Broman were acquired by the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in the summer of 1981, although unfortunately provenance was not noted. A list of their contents was prepared by a member of the library staff and they were subsequently placed in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre.

Attendance book, 1885-1901, and casebooks, including some correspondence, 1905-1911, of Allan Broman's private practice in London (partly in Swedish).

1 box as set out above in Scope and Content.

Open.The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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MSS.5406-5409 and 7869-7872 comprise papers of [Jonas] Henrik Kellgren. Papers of Kellgren's son-in-law, Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax, also a practitioner of Swedish medical gymnastics, are held as MSS.2001-2025 and 6054-6060. MS.3348 comprises a work on Swedish medical gymnastics by Amalia Lundgren and MSS.5027-5028 works on the same subject by Anna Justina Augusta Wilson. All this material was acquired by the Wellcome Library with Edgar Cyriax's papers.

Online catalogue.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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