Physical culture . ial in order to build up the gen-eral vital vigor necessary to remedy hearttroubles. I remember many years ago pre-scribing for a young man who had received theidentical advice that has just been given body had been reduced nearly to a skeletonfrom following this advice. He was afraid towalk fast, afraid to run. He was told never toexercise, and his body was actually wastingaway from the need of the very things thatwere denied him. I prescribed a course forhim, and improvement was so remarkable fora few weeks that he determined then and thereto continue his exercise
Physical culture . ial in order to build up the gen-eral vital vigor necessary to remedy hearttroubles. I remember many years ago pre-scribing for a young man who had received theidentical advice that has just been given body had been reduced nearly to a skeletonfrom following this advice. He was afraid towalk fast, afraid to run. He was told never toexercise, and his body was actually wastingaway from the need of the very things thatwere denied him. I prescribed a course forhim, and improvement was so remarkable fora few weeks that he determined then and thereto continue his exercise and become an athlete,realizing that with such a vigorous constitutionit would be impossible for him to again sufferfrom this very serious trouble. A little over ayear after this young man visited me, he tookup wrestling as an exercise, and in a wrestlingtournament given a while afterward, he threwevery wrestler in his class, proving beyond allpossible doubt that heart disease in his casehad disappeared
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