. The codicil to "my will" for the healthy and the sick : containing chapters on the anatomy and care of the human body, gymnastic exercises, first help in accidents, cooking recipes, medicinal plants and the cure of diseases . —rc: Bending and stretching the hand withor without dumb-beils, Bending and stretching the arms, Stretching and bending. 103 The exercise is very easy: the bending and stretch-ing of the hands may also be made with dumb-bellseither upwards, downwards or sideways. The movement upward is made with outstretchedarms and clenched fists and the fist brought back to itsfirst p
. The codicil to "my will" for the healthy and the sick : containing chapters on the anatomy and care of the human body, gymnastic exercises, first help in accidents, cooking recipes, medicinal plants and the cure of diseases . —rc: Bending and stretching the hand withor without dumb-beils, Bending and stretching the arms, Stretching and bending. 103 The exercise is very easy: the bending and stretch-ing of the hands may also be made with dumb-bellseither upwards, downwards or sideways. The movement upward is made with outstretchedarms and clenched fists and the fist brought back to itsfirst position. The sideways bending is done in thisway: the outstretched hand being bent towards thethumb or the little finger. Finger bending is neithermore nor less than clenching your hand and opening it again. As you bend and stretch the hand, so may you exercisethe arms. As in the exercises previously shown the bodyis maintained in an upright position. The arms are so bentthat the tips of the fingers touch the shoulders in front. Starting with them in a bent position you stretchyour arms out in front, behind and sideways, up anddown, just as is shown in the second illustration above. The stretching may also be carried
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