How to keep well : a text-book of health for use in the lower grades of schools with special reference to the effects of alcholic drinks, tobacco and other narcotics on the bodily life . Fig. 23. — Exercise on the Swinging Bar. gymnastics is obtained thus : fasten a broomstick insome suitable place in your house, suspending itsecurely over your head as high as yota can exercise several times in this way every day :swing, hanging by both hands ; after a while with onehand, and drawing the body up to the stick. Rings and rubber straps, made for this purpose, canbe had at a trifling co
How to keep well : a text-book of health for use in the lower grades of schools with special reference to the effects of alcholic drinks, tobacco and other narcotics on the bodily life . Fig. 23. — Exercise on the Swinging Bar. gymnastics is obtained thus : fasten a broomstick insome suitable place in your house, suspending itsecurely over your head as high as yota can exercise several times in this way every day :swing, hanging by both hands ; after a while with onehand, and drawing the body up to the stick. Rings and rubber straps, made for this purpose, canbe had at a trifling cost in the shops, and are conven-ient helps in light gymnastic exercises. THE MUSCLES 43 26. Effect of Alcohol on the Muscles. — The muscles are connected with the brain by nerves, andthrough these nerves the brain controls the action ofthe muscles. Now, as we shall learn hereafter, alcoholdeadens the nerves. Therefore when a person drinksmore or less alcoholic liquor, the muscles are acted uponin a peculiar way. Why so ? Because the nerve-forcethat governs the muscles is weakened, and they show alack of control. The nice movements required in the handling of finetools for del
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