Physical culture . A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF MUSCULAR POWER Mr. W\ N. Kerr, of Dublin, Ireland, avegetarian, non-smoker, and most of his exercise with heavydumb-bells. Takes a cold bath daily theyear round. Is physical culture instruc-tor at the International Wrestling andWeight-Lifting Club of Dublin, and isalso actively interested in wrestling,swimming, boxing and other exercises. NERVES ABSORB ELECTRICALENERGY Every minute nerve through-out the entire body is a part ofthe complicated electrical outfitthat performs such an importantpurpose in all human life. Eventhe smallest ner
Physical culture . A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF MUSCULAR POWER Mr. W\ N. Kerr, of Dublin, Ireland, avegetarian, non-smoker, and most of his exercise with heavydumb-bells. Takes a cold bath daily theyear round. Is physical culture instruc-tor at the International Wrestling andWeight-Lifting Club of Dublin, and isalso actively interested in wrestling,swimming, boxing and other exercises. NERVES ABSORB ELECTRICALENERGY Every minute nerve through-out the entire body is a part ofthe complicated electrical outfitthat performs such an importantpurpose in all human life. Eventhe smallest nerve assists in thework of absorbing electricalenergy from the blood as it cir-culates throughout the entirehody. Just as the materialswhich form new blood are ab-sorbed from the food as it passesthrough the alimentary canal, soelectricity is absorbed from theblood by every nerve throughthe entire body, as the vital fluid THE SECRET OF HUMAN POWER 35. ETDtfEY,* form of electricity. We may furnishany quantity of nourishment, but if onesenergy is being used up faster than thenerves can absorb the electricity thatsupplies the energy, then these activitiesmust cease and the nerves be given, anopportunity through sleep to add moreelectrical energy. This very clearlyshows why overwork of any kind hassuch a serious effect upon the all the electrical energy has beenused up and we feel weak. Under suchcircumstances, every organ of the bodyis weakened to a corresponding degree,because if electrical force be lacking, theactivities of all the internal organs areseriously affected. They cannot proper-ly perform their duties and the entire BOW$I/S—^ HOW THE VITAL ORGANS ARE CONNECTEDAND CONTROLLED BY THE NERVES circulates into even the most minute partof the entire physical organism. As thiselectricity is being absorbed by thenerves, it is transmitted to what I wouldterm the nerve centers—that is, the brainand the spinal column.
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