The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-11-08
Philosophy Of Exercise,

We take this instructive article from
late number Of "Hal's Journal OF Health y
All know that the less we exercise the
less health we have, and the more certain
we are to die before our time. But COM
paritively few persons are able TO oetp'ain
how exercise promotes health. Both
beast and bird, in a state of nature, are
exempt from disease. except in rare cases;
il is because the unappeasable instinct Of
searching for their necessary food, i'm
pels them to ceaseless activities. Chill
dren, when left to themselves, eat a
great deal and have excellent health, be-
cause they will be doing something all
the time, until they fall asleep; thustheir
whole existence is spent in alternate eat
ing and sleeping, and exercise, which is
interesting and pleasarable. The health
Of childhood would be enjoyed by those
of matured years, if. like children. they
would eat only when they are hungry
stop when they have done !; take rest in
sleep as soon as they are tired /; and
when not eating and resting, would spend
the time diligently in such musculaf ac-
tivites as would be interesting, agreeable
and profitable. Exercise, without men
tai elasticity, without enlivenment of the
feelings and the mind, is of comparatively
little value. 7aag4sg a1 4147
/. Exercise is health producing, be-
cause it works off and out of the system
its waste, dead and effete matters ; these
are all converted into liquid form. called
by some "humors," which have exit
from the body through the "pores" Of the
skin in the shape of perspiration, which
all know is the result of exercise. when
the body is in a slate Of health. Thus it
is, that the persons who do not perspire,
who have dry skin. are always silher
feverish or chilly. and are never well,
and never, can be as long as that condi
tion exists. So exercise, by working out
of the system its waste, decayed and use
less matter. keeps the human machine
'Tree :" otherwise it would soon clog up,
and the wheels Of life would stop forever
9. Exercise improves the health, be,
cause every step a man takes tends to
impart motion to the bowels; proper
amount of exercise keeps them acting
once in every twenty y-fotr h6urs; if they
have not motion enough, there is consti-|
patton. which brings on very many fatal
diseases; hence exercise, especia ly that
of walking, wards off innumerable dis
eases, when it is kept up to an extent
equal to inducing one motion Of the
bowels daily.
8. Exercise is healthfpl, because the
more we exercise the faster we breathe,
Ii we breathe faster, we take that much
more air into the lungs; but it is the air
we breathe which purifes the blood, and
the more air we take in, the more per-
Iectly is that process performed; the purer
the blood is, as everybody knows, the
better the health must be. Hence, when
a persons lungs are impaired, he does
not take in enough air for the wants of
the system; that being the case, the air
he does breathe should be the purest
possible which Is out Of door, air
Hence, the, more consumptiye stays in
he house, the more certain and speedy
IS his death. eg t.'is & ~ eiae@s7 1.e
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