intro of rec study guide

Question 1

Greek

Answer 1

Greek physicians (mind, body, spirit)
* Exercise (obesity and other disabilities)
* Hippocrates – the father of medicine –
Hippocrates Oath p. 22 – trail-and error
technique

Question 2

Middle Ages

Answer 2

People that hospitalized for emotional illnesses – chained in cold
damp cells – used as public entertainment

Question 3

Health Care Reform

Answer 3

Treated with compassion and dignity – not chained and locked
behind bars
* Humanitarian approach became known as moral treatment
* Moral treatment included purposeful activities: gardening/productive
work experiences to restore mental and physical health

Question 4

Health Reform cont’d

Answer 4

York Asylum – York Retreat
* York Retreat – gardening, talks to attendants and walks along the
countryside
* Model of several institution

Question 5

Social Reform

Answer 5

Inmates in individual cell – prevent communication

Question 6

Public and Private Hospitals

Answer 6

• Increased in 1900’s
• Variety of care (specialty hospitals)
• Visually impaired
• Physical disabilities
• Emotional disorders
• Developmental disabilities
• DIVERSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Question 7

Playground Movement

Answer 7

John Lee and Luther Gulick – Boston Sand Gardens ( underprivileged
children)
NRA - one of the professional roots for the therapeutic recreation