The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-09-27

years later removed to Buffalo,
where he practiced from 1S47 to
1852. During his residence in Buff
falo, he wrote number of papers
on the causes and treatment of
cholera, which ravaged that city
during 1S49 and 1851. These pa
pers attracted much attention, and
were afterwards published in book
form.
In autumn of 1852, DIR. Lewis took
his young wife then seriously
threatened with consumption to
the south. The visit to the south
ern states was repeated during the
two following winters.
During these three winters of
leisure, DR.. Lewis seriously recon
sidered his life-work, and after con-
sultation with family and other
trusted friends, resolved to "shift
the switch" Since 1856 he has
been engaged in lecturing and writ
ing on the subject of public ard
personal hygiene. With the excep-
ton of two visits to Europe and
three summers of saddle life in the
mountains Of California, he has
been increasingly occupied with the
''ounce of prevention"
His labors have been varied, in
terested, and most effective. Dur
ing four years he lectured almost
every night, giving his days to the
invention of his new system of gym
nastics In 1860, having completed
his system, he abandoned the plat
form and settled in Boston, Mass,
to establish his Normal School for
physical training. Obtaining an
act of incorporation from the Mas
sachusetts legislature, he placed his
scheme before the celebrated DR..
Walter Charming, DR.. Thomas
Hoskins and other well-known med
| zeal men. The two gentlemen
named, and others, entered heartily
into the work. DIR. Charming
and Dr. Thomas Hoskins both be-
came active teachers or professors
in DR.. Lewis's school. Within
seven years, more than four hun
dre1 persons were graduated from
the Boston Normal School, and,
bearing its diploma, with the name
of Die Lewis as its president, went
out into all the land, teaching the
new school Of physical training.
Among these graduates was that
admirable gentleman and scholar,
Moses Colt Tyler, now professor in
Cornell University. He went abroad,
remaining several years in London
introducing the "Dio Lewis Gym
nastics.' Prof. Tyle's lectures and
his contributions to the English
magazines on the new school of
body culture, constitute the finest
portion of the literature of the
movement. In one Of Prot. Tyler's
papers,in a leading Englinsh maya
zine, occurs this paragrap:
''The movement of thought in
America toward physical culture is
thus organized upon a profound
and abiding basis. An impulse
has been given which vibrates
through a population of twenty
millions; this impulse cannot die.
And of this vast and
beneficial movement, Dio Lewis
stands clearly as the head. To him
the people are looking as to an
apostle and guide. He has inaugu-
rated in America a great national
reform, as distinct, as influential, as
glorious, as that which was wrought
in Germany by Salzman and jain,
! or in Sweden by the poet and gym
asiarch Ling"
Another interesting phase Of DIR.
Lewis's work is found in the great
seminary which he established at
Lexington, Mass.
f His object was to illustrate the
| possibilities in the physical devel-
J opment of girls during their school
lite. His buildings accommodating
| 200 persons were placed upon the
battle field of the revolutionary
5 war. A large corps of the best
teachers in mathematics, languages,
belle lettres, and music to be found
! in the country were engaged, and
: the opening announced. The
: school soon grew to one hundred
: and fifty young women, gathered
/ from all parts of the country, in
Guiding the Pacific coast, Central,
America and the West Indies
They came to see what could be
, done by the new methods for theiI
nervous, enfeebled bodies. The
marvellous triumph of this insti
; tuition during the years which DIR
Lewis devoted to its management
he gives in the North American
Review for December, 1882. AS hi
I. says in thats paper, hundreds O
grateful parents are familiar will
the facts. Girls came unable K
ascend single flight of stairs with
ous suffering, in few months were
7 able to walk five to ten miles with
: out inconvenience.
In the course of his twenty-five
!, years residence in Boston, DIR. Lew
! is published nine volumes on The
! various aspects of the health of tn,
j human body, some of which arr
: like sour Girls" "Our Digestion,
v and "Weak Lungs" have had enor
j nous sales.
DR.. Lewis has now removed tc
e the city of New York, to establish
|, large monthly magazine to be
n called "Dio Lewis's Monthly" and
S to be devoted to sanitary and socia
d science. This will be the GROWING
n work OF his long life of labor in
! the interest of better bodies fol
American men and women.