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LEMAN, Adolph Warburg
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LEMAN, Adolph Warburg. (Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug. 29, 1870-Unknown). Mechano-therapist. Leman moved to Dubuque in 1908 and introduced the community to a field of medicine similar today to physical therapy. Mechano-therapy practitioners believed various movements could be devised that would cure specific ailments.