<P> Hippocrates is said to have stuffed animal skins for patients to toss for `` medicinal '' purposes . Persia in 1705 used similar large balls . The term `` medicine ball '' dates back to at least 1876 , in American Gymnasia and Academic Record , by Robert Jenkins Roberts , JR . </P>
<P> Hippocrates is said to have stuffed animal skins for patients to toss for `` medicinal '' purposes . Persia in 1705 used similar large balls . The term `` medicine ball '' dates back to at least 1876 , in American Gymnasia and Academic Record , by Robert Jenkins Roberts , JR . </P>
where did the name medicine ball come from
where did the name medicine ball come from
American Gymnasia and Academic Record
American Gymnasia and Academic Record