O wyjątkowości, oryginalności i aktualności dzieła Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego O wychowaniu fizycznem dzieci

About the uniqueness, originality and topicality of Jędrzej Śniadecki’s work „O wychowaniu fizycznem dzieci” („About physical education of children”) The work „On the physical education of children” is unique because it is a canon of reflection on the physical development of a person in the context of pedagogical and medical knowledge. Śniadecki justified educational and pedagogical guidelines with the physiological theory of which he was the creator. Śniadecki saw the guarantee of health in the development of the abilities of the human body, which was to guarantee physical education. Therefore, it allowed him to boldly identify physical education with medical education, creating the foundations for modern health prevention.