The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-08-23

PHYsIC,L CULTJRE.-Ofu al sanitary rcfJTuer-.
Dr.. Wiu-Hip VI Boston, viii probably become the
most popular for b. advocates nothing that
gJ-~ against The grain Of car humanity. IL par
ticulaT he takes stand against those two old dog
mas which incUlcate the hygieHic necessity II
rising from the table hungry. and from bed SLEEPY.
Il say. never rise from liable unsatisfed never
Eer ont Oi BID 80 long as you have any inclination
70 lie there. And the Doctors prescription is
not only pleasant but sensible.
But We shall let the Doctor speak for himself.
He says
was nearly seventeen years Of age before I
seriously undertook 70 improve my physical
condition. / was then but FIVE feet in height and
= hundred pounds II weight. / was rather
strong for NY size. hat not strong ic- my years,
and my health was not vigorous. ! am now
tventv-six wears of age. five feet seven inches in
heigHr. and one hundred and ior'y-eiGht pounds
In weight. Ny strength i more than twice that
OF an ordinary man, and my health il a excellent
- my strength.
what Las produced this astonishing change in
my physical condition during tie last nine years?
/ will attempt To- sum up "a few Of the IrDximatc
causes that may have led O. this result.
1t. I have hreatheI an abundance Of pure
fresh air almost constantly.
~. have exposed myself sufficiently TO the
sUn.
81. / have eaten an abundance Of Wholesome
food.
4th. I have drank iess than Z. quart Of spirit
uOus liquors. and les than "a gallon of lermeuted.
Jth. 1 have used les than AN ounce % tobacco.
9th. ! have taken. nearly every day. about u
Lali-hOur'- gymnastic exercise in the open air
1th. / have CONFIRMED l., the customs Of
society only - far - they were not ~ variance
with health.
Sth. Regarding rocrlstina;iuna A. the thiefnpt
only of time, hut also Of health. | have Stunned 1t
a. especially Dangerous in all matters pertaining
to physical well-hring.
9th / have Poisoned myssll as litrleus possible
~ food contaminated with lead, copper, brass, ur
bell-metal.
10Th. l have developed my body harno-
niously.
llti. I have allowed myself at lcat ten hours
rest in almost every tw-nty-fpur.
18th. I have Tsiil a due rrSlred 20 bathing.
without. however. rendering my~-if amlLibipu-,
or carrying "a z,rd thing % excess.
18Th. I have been particular that every pur-
ti,n IF my dress should I've - lous- and easy a. the
frecSt action Of my muscles and limbs would
demand.
During these nine yeas. while endcavoring to
promote my phy,icsil welfare. | have made the
Ist. That whatever increased my strength
improved nv health.
%. That one means Of improving my health
was u increase my strength.
81. That the stronger | became, the healthier
| became.
4th. That it was as easy for me to increSe the
strength IF my body Is II was that of a magnet.
9Th. That, by developing my badly harmoni-
ousiy, ! could preclude the possibility Of hernia,
or any other serious injury, that otherwise might
arise from an extremely violent action of my
muscles.
9th. That lifting, if properly p%ractised. was
the surcst and quickest method of producing
harmonious Development while it was also the
most strengthening Of all exercises, and cunse-
qucntly the most bealthful.
9TH. That it was better, while exercising. TO
perform twenty different ieats once, than one feat
twenty times.
sth. That it was possible for me to take, in
fifteen or twenty minutes. all the gyInnastic
exercises that | should need in tweuty-fOur hours.
9th. That | could gain faster in strength ly
forty minutes gymnastic exercise. once in two
days, than by twenty minutes of the same daily.
10Th. That, Is my strength increased. my
exercise should be more intense, but less pro-
tracted.
IIth. That increase Of the muscular power
was attended with increase of the digestive.
18th. That one means Of increasing the di-es-
tive Towcr. was q increase the muscular.
18Th. That many articles OF food had formerly
proved injurious - me- nDt because they were
really unwhole>ome, but becaus, l was unable to
digest them.
l4th. That 4 person may become possessed of
great physical strength, without having Inherited
18th. That by increasing the strength. a pre-
disposition & certain diseases NAV be removed,
ana diseases already present removed or mI;igatcd.
10Th The iucreas. Of strength cannot long
continue on a diet exclusively vegetable.
l7th. That increasing the strength made
excretiun take place les from the skin, but more
from the lungs and other euunctOTies.
18th. That what benefits "a part Of the body,
benefits more OF less, the whole.
10Th. That. long before | succeeded in lifting
HOO lbs. with the hands. or in shouldering .
barrel Of -four from the floor, I had ceased To be
troubled with sick headaches. nervousness and
indigestion.
Goth. That a delicate boy Of seventeen need
not despair of becoming in time a remarkably
strong and healthy man.