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KINESIOLOGY - THE SCIENCE OF MOVEMENT 
in Relation to Education, Hygiene and Therapy
(CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU MOUVEMENT 
at l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie)
A piece of the legacy of Nicolas Dally (1795–1862) 
for contemporary kinesiology scholars and professionals
Franjo PROT 1
1 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology, Horvaćanski zavoj 15, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
e-mail: pipo@kif.hr
ABSTRACT
Kinesiology has recently gained full worldwide credibility as an academic disci-
pline in the fi eld of human movement and exercise practice in the area of education, 
sport, recreation and kinesitherapy, becoming a proper denominator for the fi eld of 
sport or exercise science. It seems almost compulsory that on the occasion of the intro-
duction of the fi rst issue of Annales Kinesiologiae, a new scientifi c journal in the fi eld, 
to remember and speak about Nicolas Dally and his work. In this paper a short biogra-
phy of the forefather of KINESIOLOGY, or CINÉSIOLOGIE, will be presented as well 
as how Dally introduced the term and the concept in his book from 1857. It is presented 
and integrated with some newly available illustrative material. Dally’s bibliography 
based on resources of worldwide relevant library catalogues is added to the references.
Keywords: Dally Nicolas, kinesiology, cinésiologie - kinesiology, history of sport 
science
review article UDC: 796.01
received: 2010-09-30
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KINEZIOLOGIJA – ZNANOST O GIBANJU 
v odnosu do edukacije, higiene in terapije
Del zapuščine Nicolasa Dally-a (1795–1862)
trenutnim študentom in strokovnjakom na področju kineziologije
IZVLEČEK
Kineziologija je na področju gibanja človeka, treninga in vadbe v prostoru eduka-
cije, športa, rekreacije ter kinezioterapije svojo polno verodostojnost kot akademska 
disciplina dobila šele nedavno. Postala je skupni imenovalec za znanost o športnem 
treningu in vadbi. Zdi se, da je priložnost prve izdaje nove znanstvene revije s področja 
kineziologije Annales Kinesiologiae odlična za spomin na Nicolasa Dally-a in njegovo 
delo. V tem prispevku predstavljamo kratko biografi jo očeta KINEZIOLOGIJE oziroma 
CINÉSIOLOGIE, kot je Dally predstavil termin in koncept v svoji knjigi iz leta 1857. 
Prispevek prikazuje tudi nekaj najnovejše dostopnega ilustrativnega materiala. Bio-
grafi ja Nicolasa Dally-a temelji na knjižničnih virih, zbranih širom sveta, ki so pred-
stavljeni tudi v poglavju literature.
Ključne besede: Dally Nicolas, kineziologija, cinésiologie – kineziologija, zgodovi-
na telesne vadbe in športne znanosti
INTRODUCTION
Over the last fi fty years, the name and work of Nicolas Dally have been mentioned 
numerous times in the context of the development of the academic discipline and sci-
ence in the area of human movement and exercise.
Some researchers were informed and took into consideration the contributions of 
Dally (Mraković, 1971; Ilić, 1981; Mraković et al., 1987; Renson, 2000,2002, 2006), 
some of them had not (Braun, 1941; Kroll, 1981; Park, 1981; Charles, Harris & Hoff-
man, 2000; Starosta, 2002; Hoffman, 2005).
The fi rst International conference on kinesiology “Kinesiology - Present and Fu-
ture” organized by the Faculty of Physical Education (currently called the Faculty 
of Kinesiology of the University of Zagreb) was dedicated to the 140th anniversary 
of the publishing of the book “Cinesiologie” by Nicolas Dally. Two introductory pa-
pers opened the conference. The fi rst addressed the present and future of kinesiology 
(Mraković, 1997) and the second one dealt with the past and included some new in-
sights into the work and life of Nicolas Dally (Prot, 1997).
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Although limited time and resources for research were available at the time, the 
idea of writing a Dally biography has been discovered, and bibliography reconstructed. 
Facts uncovered are considered suffi cient to point out and conclude that Dally could 
be considered the forerunner or “father” of contemporary kinesiology, in accordance 
with the title and content of his book “CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU MOUVE-
MENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes historiques 
théoriques et pratiques”, which were further developed as a contemporary academic 
area and a dynamic scientifi c fi eld in second half of 20th century.
The library search started with information in the National Union Catalog pre-1956 
imprints Volume 131, published by Mansel (1971). The largest print union catalog ever 
published is the American National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints (NUC), com-
pleted in 1981. The NUC of Pre-1956 Imprints is published in 754 volumes, contain-
ing over 528,000 pages. The set takes up approximately 130 linear feet of shelf space 
(about 40 meters).
The achievement of the American National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints has 
since been superseded by the creation of large electronic resource sharing networks, 
Figure 1: Prof. Ju Ho Chang (Korea), Prof Ronald Renson (Belgium) and prof. Franjo 
Prot (Croatia) 2007, Leuven paritcipants of the meeting on the occasion of the work-
shop on sports and peace in Leuven, Belgium on Sept. 21, 2007.
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such as OCLC’s WorldCat. WorldCat is an expanding universe of information alter-
natives which answer the question - why stand alone? WorldCat is a global network of 
library content and services which uses the Web to let any relevant institution be a part 
of the global catalog.
Two years later at the Second International conference on Kinesiology, Professor 
Ronald Renson from the Catholic University of Leuven was invited to present some 
new insights on Dally and related developments, with a prospective collaberation to 
take place later on (Renson, 1999, 2005, 2008).
Figure 2: Original front page of Dally’s book « CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU 
MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes his-
toriques théoriques et pratiques «, published by the Librairie Centrale des Sciences, 
Paris 1857, from the author’s personal library.
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In the mean time, in the year 2007, the 150th anniversary passed almost unnoticed. 
Only a few passionate researchers met together in Leuven and had a nice time together 
exchanging experiences on the subject (Figure 1).
Just recently (November 2009) it came to pass that I found myself in possession 
of an authentic (original) piece of Dally’s book “CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU 
MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes his-
toriques théoriques et pratiques”, in very good condition complete with front and back 
cover. I might add that it is interesting, stimulating and exciting to own this book (Fig-
ures 2, 3 and 4).
Figure 3: Original back page of Dally’s book “CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU 
MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes his-
toriques théoriques et pratiques”, published by the Librairie Centrale des Sciences, 
Paris 1857, from the author’s personal library.
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Following are some of Dally’s published titles (for the period between 1833 and 
1856) which were advertised there:
- Dally, N. (1833). Description de la machine a vapeur. (avec une notice sur l'historie 
de la vapéur et celle des grandes voies de communications dans l›antiquit . Brux-
eles.
- Dally, N. (1833). Linguistique ou mécanisme de la formattion des langues. (à 
l›occasion de l›Historie de la parole et d él›écriture, par Ch.Nodier). Bruxeles. 
- Dally, N. (1833). Cours de psychologie. Bruxeles.
- Dally, N. (1843). Mœurs, usages et costumes des peoples de I’Asie. (ouvrage publié 
par Wahlen). Bruxeles.
Figure 4: Detail from original back page of Dally’s book “CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCI-
ENCE DU MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, 
etudes historiques théoriques et pratiques”, published by the Librairie Centrale des 
Sciences, Paris 1857, from the author’s personal library.
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- Dally N. (1844). Méthode géographique ou division naturelle de sa surface de la-
terre. (brochure avec cartes). Paris. 
- Dally N. (1850). Du traitement rationnel de la phthisie pulmonaire par le mouve-
ment gymnastique: suivi d'un aperçu sur la nécessité d'introduire l'habitude d'exer-
cices méthodiques dans la vie intérieure des familles: lettre à M. le docteur Bu-
reaud-Riofrey Author. (48 pages).
- Dally N. (1856). Du traitement du Choléra par le mouvement. Brosure 2e édition. 
Paris.
Figure 5: Title page of Dally’s book « CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU MOUVE-
MENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes historiques 
théoriques et pratiques «, published by the Librairie Centrale des Sciences, Paris 1857 
from Biblioteca Atheneu Barcelonés, Digitized by Google.
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At the same Google book project offers to all interested parties the use of a copy 
from the Biblioteca Atheneu Barcelonés, Digitized by Google (Figure 5):
http://books.google.com/books?id=UJu34beZFhgC&pg=PP13&dq=CIN%C3%89
SIOLOGIE+OU+SCIENCE+DU+MOUVEMENT&hl=en&ei=hpObTPTTINGLswa
q5MGNBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v
=onepage&q&f=false 
The Institute for Kinesiology Research (IKARUS) at the University of Primorska, 
Koper, Slovenia was established In 2004. IKARUS activities are dominantly focused 
on fundamental and applied research, mainly in the area of kinesiology of sports, ex-
ercise physiology, and sports medicine and rehabilitation. The Institute also focuses on 
the studies of children’s motor development which, particularly in early childhood, is 
extremely holistic – i.e. integrative, related to all other individual subsystems of chil-
dren’s psychosomatic status. Their renaissance ancestor in the fi eld is Santorio Santo-
rius with his work and his book Du mediciná staticá aphorismi (Venice 1614). Santorio 
was mentioned by Dally in an excerpt on page 441 (1857) wherein he presented and 
commented on the contribution of Santorio Santorius, who was born 1561 in Justinopo-
lis, Istria (later Capodistria, Italy); now Koper, Slovenia (Figure 6).
Figure 6: The excerpt from page 441 where Sanctorius and his book Du mediciná 
staticá aphorismi (Venice 1614) were mentioned (Dally, 1857), Digitized by Google.
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In this contribution, the short biography of Nicolas Dally is presented mainly fol-
lowing the sources from The Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe Siècle (Great 
Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century), often called the Larousse du Dix-Neu-
vième of Piere Pierre Larousse, where it had been presented, and it was corrected with 
the new fi nding of Renson (2000). Additional authentic illustrations from available 
documents and resources are presented and discussed.
DALLY NICOLAS (1795–1862)
According to Renson (2000), Dally, Nicolas was born in 1795 in Sampigny, Meuse 
and was a son of an engineering colonel, a soldier of the Republic. A military career 
characterized his youth. As many of his age and time, he was dragged into the impe-
rial wars of the decade. As the adjutant of the 15th Dragon Regiment of the Napoleonic 
Armada, he was taken captive during the war in November 1812 while his army was 
fi ghting in retreat near Berezina. The Battle of Berezina took place November 26-29, 
1812, between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion of Russia 
and crossing the Berezina (near Borisov Belarus), and the Russian army under Mikhail 
Kutuzov, Peter Wittgenstein and Admiral Pavel Chichagov. The battle ended with a 
victory for the Russians. The French suffered very heavy losses. That is why since that 
time “Bérézina” has been used in French as a synonym of disaster. Dally returned to 
France after two years of imprisonment in St. Petersburg. Negotiations about his return-
ing to the military milieu, or in public life, caused him to run away in 1817. He was 
exiled and settled in the United Netherlands, i.e. Belgium.
A circumstance that he was a soldier’s son soothed the militant passions of the 
young Dally. His military and war experiences left just a little place for the sympathetic 
feelings to the military obedience called discipline. His later work demonstrated that 
even then he had been studying physical and mental distortions, the consequences of 
the monotonous military drill.
After he settled in Brussels he was able to devote himself to scientifi c improvement 
and research, especially in the fi eld of medical research. He founded a school according 
the model of the one in Paris, however, it unfortunately brought neither the expected 
prosperity (wealth) nor pleasure. He was listed as N. Dally, Director de l’École Centrale 
de Bruxeles, elaborated upon and documented by Renson (2000).
At that time he issued a paper under the title “A Description of the Steam Engine”. 
It became an origin of the paper on “Evaporation (steam)” (Brussels, 1833) and of the 
work on important traffi c corridors of the ancient times.
Dally wrote “Linguistics or Mechanism of Language Forming” (Dally, 1833), based 
upon Nodier’s “History of Words and Writing”.
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In the year 1836 he engaged in his “Physiology” and with comprehensive work on 
the customs and costumes of Asian people. That work was published in 1843 by Wahler 
in Brussels.
After he had returned to France as a member of the Geographical Society he was en-
gaged in geographical research (Dally, 1843), as recorded in the Bulletin de sl Societe 
de Geographie, for example the issue from the year 1860 which covers the period from 
1844 to 1860. Nicolas Dally is on page 52 and there he is directly related to the term 
kinesiology “CINÉSIOLOGIE” as ilustrated in Figures 7 and 8.
Figure 7: The title of the Bulletin, from 1866 for the period from 1844 to 1860, on page 
52 Nicolas Dally is connected to the term “CINÉSIOLOGIE”, Digitized by Google.
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Figure 8: The lower part of page 52 where the term “CINÉSIOLOGIE” is referred to 
by Nicolas Dally as presented in the Bulletin de sl socete de Geographie, 1844-1860, 
Digitazed by Google.
Figure 9: Map of Central America where Nicolas Dally is designated as cartographer.
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The map of Central Amerika http://1.bp.blo gspot.com/_MECWm51hyRw/SsPFT-
6TEcdI/AAAAAAAADR0/0ayLbUUJGMQ/s1600-h/america+centralb.jpg 
(Figures 9 and 10) uncovers his title and position in society as a “Membre De Plu-
sieurs Sociétés Savantes”, which confi rms his membership recorded on page 51 in the 
Bulletin de sl socete de Geographie, 1845 (Figures 7 and 8).
Dally considered geographic characteristics to be important and crucially respon-
sible for cultural differences. Ethnology and linguistics were, in his opinion, only the 
particular parts of human history and philosophy. He expanded his medical knowledge 
and horizons avoiding a dualistic and split body from mind when considering humans. 
Having holism and the harmony between body and mind continuously in mind, he 
dealt particularly with the dynamics and movement that were represented by the simple 
name of gymnastics. He gave a series of lectures and discussions on that subject.
One interesting aspect is in the relation and cooperation of Dally with Hypolite 
Triat. In the year 1846, Dally and his companion Triat established a large exercise hall 
in Paris, which was, however, demolished during the Francis I Street construction.
According to: http://www.psta.com/images/cat5.pdf the company was established 
“GYMNASES DE FRANCE, SOC. GEN. FRANCE: PARIS. “The company was 
formed in 1855 by M. Triat from Nîmes, and raised a capital of 5 million by selling 
shares (Figure 11.). The shareholders could, if they wished, obtain repayment of the 
cost of their shares by taking free gymnastics courses in the company’s gymnasium. 
Triat knew how to profi t from the new bourgeois taste for physical fi tness. His courses, 
Figure 10: Detail from upper right corner the Map of Central America.
Figure 11: GYMNASES DE FRANCE, SOC. GEN. FRANCE: PARIS. 5 Actions de F20, 
printer’s proof. black, buff. Border of arabesques, and a vignette of a gymnasium with 
men doing exercises.
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offered in Brussels and Paris, were quite expensive, the monthly fee being the amount 
of the monthly wage for a worker. In 1860 his Paris gym was expropriated without 
compensation in connection of the development of the Champs-Elysées.” Gymnastics 
for women had been introduced and gymnasium opened in Liège in 1839.
Dally proposed a program of physical education to the Republic in 1848, and it 
was accepted with few changes. As a part of the campaign, Triat and Dally publically 
addressed the provisory government of 1848 to establish the Ministry of Education 
“Ministére de l’éducation Publique” with three sections: physical education “Edu-
cation Physique”, intellectual education “Education Intellectuelle”, and professional 
and social education “Education Professionnelle et Sociale” (Figure 12).
“AU GOUVERNEMENT PROVISOIRE
Citoyens,
La Révolution de 1848 vient enfi n réaliser dans la loi ce qui s’était insensiblement 
réalise dans
le cœur du Peuple Français. la VÉRITÉ écrite dans I’Evangile : Liberté, Egalité, 
Fraternité.
Avec cette vérité seront mises en rapport toutes nos institutions socialcs. 
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Une des premiéres réformes, la plus essentielle de toutes les réformes, doit porter 
sur I’education.
…
Que le gouvernement provisoire decrete qu’il sera établi un ministére de l’éduca-
tion publlque, 
et que l’éducation y formera trois sections distinctes:
Education physique - Education intellectuelle - Education professionnelle et so-
ciale.
En attendant la constitution défi nitive de cette institution nationale, les soussignes 
deman-
dent, vu 1’urgence,
Qu’il sit actuellement institué du ministeré de l’instruction publique une division 
spéciale de
l’education physique, ou l’on s’occupera de I’introduction immédiate de la GYM-
NASTIQUE RATIONNELLE dans toutes les écoles et les pensionnats de I’un et de 
l’autre sexe, ainsi que 
dans tous les centres de population, de maniére à préparer, en měme temps que la 
régénéra – 
 tion sociale, la régénération physiologique de tout le Peuple Français.
Qu’à cet effet, il soit immédiatement, el par initiative, établi, dans chaque arrondis-
sement 
de Paris, un VASTE GYMNASE propre aux exercices physiologiques de mille per-
sonnes à 
la fois, et pouvant contenir au moins dix mille spectateurs.
Ces gymnases seront en méme temps les lieux des assemblées et des fétes du peuple. 
Les citoyens Trial et Dally, directeurs du Gymnase central de I’allée des Veuves, 
offrent au 
Gouvernement provisoire le concours gratuit de leur expérience pour la prompte 
réalisation 
de cette grande institution hygiénique. sociale et républicaine.
Paris, le 1er mars 1848. TRIAT et DALLY.” (Renson, 2008)
Figure 12: Pamphlet of the Triat and Dally address to the 1848 Provisory Government 
and the citizens of the Republic (Renson, 2008).
(I am very grateful to Professor Ronald Renson who introduced me to this docu-
ment and shared with me this copy after his speech at the 5th International Conference 
on Kinesiology in Zagreb in 2008) 
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Along with all of his activities, Dally remained an unselfi shly caring father to his 
children, of whom one became a higher offi cer. His other child, M. Eugen Dally (1833-
1887) proved and developed his father’s idea about the therapeutic bases of functional 
moving (movements) in his doctoral thesis. Proceeding with his work in his father’s 
spirit, he became an assistant secretary of the Anthropological Society, a principal of 
the Ethnology Department, and a professor at l’Ecole d’Anthroplogie.
Nicolas Dally was a typical man of progress of his era. He was a curious world-
wide traveler interested in revealing the characteristics of the world he was living in. 
His membership and activities in the Anthropological Society implies his basic com-
mitment: the universal, holistic attitude towards the civilization’s achievements while 
respecting all diversities and peculiarities at the same time. The main subject of his 
interests were the role of movement and exercise in education, hygiene, and therapy. In 
his public appearances and through his publications and lectures he promoted his ideas.
At last, fi ve years before he died, N. Dally completed his creative work by the 
book “CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec 
l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes historiques théoriques et pratiques”, pub-
lished by the Librairie Centrale des Sciences, Paris 1857. This comprehensive work 
is comprised of 823 pages of text and attached preface and illustrations. In this book 
the synthesized European and non-European scientifi c achievements of the age can be 
found. He explained his concepts underlying the great importance of the role of move-
ment (exercise) played in the development and enhancement of human abilities, in 
the formation of human characteristics, and in the acquisition of knowledge and skills 
aimed at the benefi ts and preservation human health . That was the announcement of 
the new scientifi c discipline for the future that, as has been mentioned, was destined to 
study human movement in its complexity, integrity and anthropologic relevancy.
How and where did Dally name kinesiology as the science of human movement? 
At the beginning of his book (pages VIII and IX) Dally concerned himself with the 
name of the new science: “Where to look for that new name?” He found the solution: 
“The very movement,  the answer. Its root, , expresses the general concept 
of natural or artifi cial moving.” After the explanation Dally concluded: “We have con-
sequently acquired the name kinesiology or the science of movement.” It should be 
stressed that Dally adopted the Francophone variant “CINÉSIOLOGIE” and not the 
English one, “KINESIOLOGY” as we use it today outside French speaking cultures 
(Figure 13).
According to the Larousse’s “Grand Dictionnaire Universel” (Paris, 1870) the book 
is Dally’s capital work in “which he developed such ideas that only descendants 
would be able to appreciate them in their true value”. 
Nicolas Dally died in Paris 1862. Even so long after his passing, one is able to 
ask oneself: after so much effort and pain - why are Dally and his work still largely 
unknown?
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If we consider the power and originality of Dally’s mind, we can say he was one 
of the leading intellectuals of his era. Undoubtedly, his education was versatile, but 
complete and solid. Historical problems preoccupied him as well. He tried to answer 
these questions by detailed quotations and patient research employing a creative ap-
proach at the same time that should have decreased the uncertainty and shone a light on 
possible doubts. Through his original ideas, he was always able to outshine the earlier 
ideas of others. In short, there are few so very and thoroughly original books as “CINÉ-
SIOLOGIE” is. Dally was an erudite, profound experimenter who was able to direct 
his thoroughness to the wholeness of the problem, which ought to be the foundation of 
every true philosophy. His ideas on the subject are still fresh and worth attention today.
Figure 13: The part of page IX of the Preface where term CINÉSIOLOGIE was adopt-
ed, Digitized by Google.
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According to WorldCat’s library catalog service the book “Ciné siologie; ou, Sci-
ence du mouvement dans ses rapports avec l’é ducation, l’hygiè ne et la thé rapie; é tudes 
historiques, thé oriques et pratiques” by Nicolas Dally is traced by library copies to be 
present in the following countries: Belgium = 1; Netherlands = 1; United Kingdom = 
2; France = 7; USA = 6 (New York = 1; Connecticut = 2; Maryland =1; Minnesota = 1; 
Utah = 1); Argentina = 1. 
The Figures 14, 15, and 16 presents a few of the copies reported in published pa-
pers, and conference presentations.
Figure 14: The title page copy of Dally’s book «CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU 
MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes his-
toriques théoriques et pratiques», published by the Librairie Centrale des Sciences, 
Paris 1857 a copy from Sainte-Geneviéve Library, Paris. Present in the Zagreb kinesi-
ology circle in the 1970’s (Mraković, 1971).
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Figure 15: The title page copy of Dally’s book “CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU 
MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes his-
toriques théoriques et pratiques”, published by the Librairie Centrale des Sciences, 
Paris 1857 a copy from library of Faculty of medicine, Paris. Present in the Zagreb 
kinesiology circle in the 1990’s (Prot, 1997).
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Figure 16: The title page copy of Dally’s book « CINÉSIOLOGIE OU SCIENCE DU 
MOUVEMENT. dans ses reports avec l’education, l’hygiéne at la thérapie, etudes his-
toriques théoriques et pratiques «, published by the Librairie Centrale des Sciences, 
Paris 1857 from the INSTITUT SUPEROR D’EDUCATION PHYSIQUE UNIVESITE 
DE GAND (Renson, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008).
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