A treatise on physiology and hygiene for educational institutions and general readers .. . does it without effort. The bodyswork and the Avork are to be done quietly, and comparatively withouteffort. Neither limbs or brain are ever to be strained to their utmost; that isnot the way in which the greatest quantity of work is to be got out of them;they are never to be worked furiously, but with tranquillity and are to follow the plow from sunrise to sunset, but not to pull in race-boats at the twilight; we shall get no fruit of that kind of work—only diseaseof the heart.—Ruski


A treatise on physiology and hygiene for educational institutions and general readers .. . does it without effort. The bodyswork and the Avork are to be done quietly, and comparatively withouteffort. Neither limbs or brain are ever to be strained to their utmost; that isnot the way in which the greatest quantity of work is to be got out of them;they are never to be worked furiously, but with tranquillity and are to follow the plow from sunrise to sunset, but not to pull in race-boats at the twilight; we shall get no fruit of that kind of work—only diseaseof the heart.—Ruskin. 7. Fainting.—When the heart suddenly ceases to a,ct, fainting or swoon-ing is very apt to take place. This takes place for the reason that the brainfeels most speedily the lack of its supply of blood. Many circumstances maycause a faint—such as a fright, joy, excitement, the sight of blood, or thebreathing 0f foul air; or it may be due to disease of the heart. In some per- 26. Mental emotions? Sudden excitement? Excessive joy? Tie heart-beat rate? Bo-naparte and Wellington ?.


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