The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-14
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pen Of Dr.. Windahip, Who has been properly D.
nominAted The modern sampson. Any one can
write about the laws Of health, but no one can.
asal with No suth0sisy Of ~. Wip1iN T. he'
gives u Ia his person the practical evidence q
bene6cial results from following out bis Own tho
cries; or, more properly speaking, what he seys
ID the result Of his careful experience while train
Ing his system up 70 iss present magnificent state
Of health. The doctor, after stating that the e.
sential fact in education ID , strict care Of the
body, joined with judicious mental training, goes
on to say:
The present movement in behalf Of physical
culture wouldscem to encourage the belief that .
revival Of some Of those great convictions in re-
aas3ftO education, which prevailed in ancient
Greece, IL nov about to dawn. In It's full sense,
education is = leading forth Of the faculties Of
the mind through the healthy development Of
those Of the body. In physical culture would
comprehend culture Of the body in its most ex-
tended sense; not Of the trunk alone, but with
it Of the neck, head, and limbs, and of whatever
Of us is material; it is the application Of means
for physical improvement, the avoidance OF hab-
its that infallibly involve physical degeneracy;
version Of disease into soundness, Of weakness In
to strength, Of awkwardness into grace, Of dis
proportion into correspondence; in short the
elaboration and finishing of the edi!ice in which
the mind resides-thxt temple made ofciay-that
house We live in.
Improvement Of ones physical state can never
be entered upon too early, and 80 long - there
is an atom OF life and strength. never too late.
Let no one despair OF success in the attempt
DR.. Warren, in his little work on Health tells US
of q member of the legal profession who practised
gymnastics for the first time, and with the hap
piest results, when nearly seventy years Old
Cornaro, the Italian, whose treatise on Health
and Long Life has given him worldwide repu-
tation, began At forty to repair the ravages which
many years Of dissipation had made upon com
stitution naturally in6rm; and, in spite OF the
predictions Of all his physicians and friends, he
succeeded not only in restoring the health he had
lost, but increased it to a degree he had neves
before experienced. He was eighty when ne
published his treatise, lived to see it through
tour editions, and died TRANQUILITY In his bed, At
ter he had completed his one hundredth year.
In this connection, it is worth while to OBJ
serve how much may be accomplished by simply
correcting single bad habit. The legal gentle-
man to whom Dr. Warren allndes was much ben.
Gifted by gymnastics On the other hand Cor
naro, as he himself states, found panacea for
all his ills in careful avoidance contemporaries
in eating and drinking. 1t is indeed of little
cons equcnce what path we pursue, If by It We
can reach the desired goal, tao, cito, ct juc"nde
Sometimes it may be inconvenient to take the
best path: let US. then, do the next best thing
At an early age, was told by many that to prac-
tice a heroic degree Of self-denial, and to rase
from the table hungry, was the way to secure
health. For many years, tried to do this, but
succeeded very imperfectly. at length resolv.
ed to attempt the next best thing, and am not
so sure that it was not the best thing of ALL 1t
was merely this-to put no extra restraint upon
nv appetite, to practice no very rigorous IL
denial: but to eat and drink about as much as
desired, and them by my subsequent self manage
unent, to take care that should make myself
need every particle had swallowed.
Soon after began to carry out this principle,
experienced cessation of Indigestion, and the
many ills to which it gives rise. Having found,
too, that this principle worked we'll in the long
rum still retain it rs one of the cardinal rules
in my method of training.
And what is my method you will perhapsin.
quirc. 1t is the doing the right thing, in the
right way, at the right time. 1t is the obtaining
suaiciency, without going to excess. It is the
using my own discretion about everything, with
out ,lndly following another's preccpt or aRoth-
er's example, or even tying myself down to rules
of my own devising 1t is the carrying out Of
what may seem to be the expedieney OF the mo-
ment. Tits the doing what may seem best under
the circumstances.
But though it may be difficult for me to de-
scribe briefly and clearly what my method is,
that is no argument against its efficacy. What
other method would have insured for me an ap
preciable gain in strength, day by day, month by
month, and year by year, with an almost entire
exemption, meanwhile, from any but the most
trivial disorders. Let the following facts speak
for themselves:
waS paorlv soranfaoy, voors Of ara hofo,n \
seriously undertook to improve my physical con-
dition. was then but i've feet in height, and
a hundred pounds in weight / was rather strong
for my size, but not strong for my years, and my
health was not vigorous am now 26 years Of
age, five feet seven inches in height, and one
hundred and forty eight pounds in weight Nv
strength is more than twice that Of an ordinary
man, and my health is as excellent as my strength
What has produced this astonishing change in
my physical condition during the last nine years?
I will attempt to sum up few of the.proximatc
causes that may have led to this result
lst have breathei an abundance of pure,
fresh air almost constantly.
I'd. have exposed myself sufficiently to the
sun.
3d. have eaten an abundance of wholesome
food.
4th. have drank less than quart of spritu-
Jus hHuois ?, anu Ass Shdu pdlIOu VI leEIHeiteu.
9th. lhave usedless than an ounce Of tobacco
9th. have taken, nearly every day, about a
halfhour's gymnastc exercise in the open air
18th. have conformed to the customs of soci-
ETY. only so far as they we're not at variance with
health.
9Th. Regarding procrastination as the thief
not only of time, but also Of health, I have shun
ned it rs especially dangerous in all matters per-
tanning to physical we'll being
9th have poisoned myself as little as posi-
bic by food contaminated with lead, copper, brass
Or bell.metal.
10th. Ihave developed my body harmoniouslv.
llth l have allowed myself at least ten hours
rest in almost every twenty flour.
l2th. have paid due regard TO bathing,
without, however, rendering myself amphibious,
Or carrying good thing to excess.
18th. have been particular that every por-
lion Of my dress should be as loose and easy as
the frcest action Of my muscles and limbs would
demand
During these nine years, while cndeavoring to
promote my physical welfare, have made the
discoveries:
LIST That whatever increased my strength
my health.
Cd. That one means Of improving my health
vas to increase my strength. .-4
Sd. That the stronger became, the healthier
became.
4th That it was as easy for me to increase
The strength Of my body as it was that of mag
net.
9Th That by developing my body harmonious
", / 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 nracticed, was
the surest and quickest method Of producing har-
nonious development; while it was also the most
strengthening Of all exercises, and consequently
the most hartful.
It. That it was better, while exercising, to
perform twenty different feats once, than one feat
twenty times. = *Ezt
9Th. That ii was possible for me to take in
fifteen or tweaty minutes, all the gynnlastic ex-
ercises that l should require in twenty four
houis
9th. That could gain faster in strength by
forty minutes, gymnastic exercise, once in two
days, than by twenty minutes Of the same d,ily.
TO- Th,t, as my strength Increased, M ex-
ercise should be more intense, but less pro,rrc-
tell
llth. That increase Of the muscular power
was attended with increase of the digestive,
l2th, That one means of increasing the d.
gestive power, was to increase the MUSCULAR