Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-26
PHYSICAL STRAIN.
PeRlIS RESULTING FROM EXCISE
 OF BODILY ACTIVITY.

l VT OOIiLH HO WI Y.
 A Proper Degree of Exercise Necessar
 to the We'll Being of NIan-Ths Jewisl
 Race - sedentary or Brain Pursuit,
 OverWork.
 Nothing Is more absolutely necessary [ the Well being of man-n0t only physical. bu mental and even mOral-tlau the bodily ac tviiy involved in a proper degree of exercise But on the other hand, undue strain pu upon the physical forces Is a pO5cnt source O danger. It Is case for the application O the Hcratiau maxim in regard Co moderation Exactly Co define the proper mean Is an ex treme.y difficult task We can. however oiier $ me suggestions on this point tha may prove of use, and We will also toucI upon some of the i.rils resulting from ex cess. The ancient Greeks have for many centuries supplied the world, among other thinss. with models of physical culture. Ths climate permitted them to live largely in th, | open air; their dress was unrestruiuing, ana they paid great attention to athletic sport. aut thc development and care of the body | They wcrr, as people, Iattcrns Of manly | and wDn4riy beauty, theiT average of health Was high, and their longevity good
 | The observations made, however, by the ! physicians of tLe Greek and Roman schools go | cuur.usiv,.y Co show that wherever physical | activity was carr.si Co undue excess among tt-u.-as in the ease of professional athletes, | etc.-thc invariab.e resul, was premature l decay and early death Excessive physical culture during the age of chiyalry furnished | tEe same results Study os the vital statistics cf England, France and Prussia in modern time, la-I,s to a sIIsII.gr conclusion Not only does the point We are urging hold true in che iivcs oi ial!viduli~ but it Is true of nations and race-- Perhaps, as regards tenacity Of existence rs displayed by a race the most striking argument iu favor Of our position to te l'Iud ir history k the negative testimony furnished -y -Le Jews. This people, since itz dl-lr'- -I.', 'a5 hover iu any general, system utc v-v cultivated its uhysique IL has never voluntarily borne arms It las taken no share in -I. athletic pursuits of the na- tiJus among whom it has been placed It has never exhibited a high physical standard lts worst Ier-aellaus have. probably. been due. more than arsthiug yl.r to its apparent corporeal i.,altI--s Net today this race for tenacitY and vitality, probably stands trst on earth. and even at this la-e stage of its history ,,il shows @ capacity for pruduc- ius results In literature. science. art. politics ani commerce that ranks with the best
 Full yi-1r 1f intellect Is only properly based upon viglr of body. and this vi-or of body reSults only from pruper exercise. IL Is no unusual thing lu colleges Co find stu dents standing well both in their studies and in athletics. President Eliot has always been a stauch friend of physical sports, and him self when iu college pulled Gu oar in the uni versity crew. No one can ever look at JO- seph Cook, or could ever have looked at Agassiz lr Bryant, without at once recoguiz- ing tLy l..e. gmeut auI -J'iIiry of the phys ical man. Such instances are almost innu- meru5le But one thing Is certain. no man can continually uSe both hls physical and mental bower, Gt anything like their full ca- pacity without soon coming Ca grief. Hu- man natUrr was lot made for this sort of thing It is burning the candle at both ends It is not given Co one man Co Ice both an Elm ersln and a Sullivan.
 \ man should decide which half of his nature is Co have the lead and then exercise the other half just sufficiently t0 keep the former in condition and to preserve the proper general balance If Le lives by his -AAaA -fA aAAAAA taAA-' tO keep his bodily faculties. and by conse- queuce his brain at their bsst-but not too much IT he lives by his body, a certain ad- mixture ot brain oecupati0n will make him n1t only a larger. but even actually physi- csilly healthier man X body worker should use this and every other possible precaution against undue physical strain. h both and in all eases Oseryork of the bodily forces .H~ .r. be fair. and the external appearance all that could be desired, but inside there will be de- cay. Wisie Collins, iu one of his s,ories, most truly showed how delusive are the seeming s1unduess and vigor of even the trained athlete, when the call upon his vi- tality has been too prolonged or too great, or when his physical development has been ab- normally forced-how suddenly his apparent robustness disappears, and is replaced by morbid conditions. upon any sudden or extra tension uf work or emotion The case of the all conquering but finally fpiled Sullivan. which has lately attracted sJ much attention, seems clearly one exactly iu point.
 For tho sake Of emphasis We again say: In the case of the man of sedeutary or brain pursuits, be should employ hi, body 0nly enough Co keep it active and vigorous, and N.a. INA~ AHlAaAA AaAH AaaAaf7 Nft AAANs without taxing his reserve of vitality. The object Is not Co Jr,s himself up as fast as Dos sibl- It is a wusteiul and fatal mistake ,o keep the entire endowment at high pres .ur.. A r,sarl- th. man employed m bod riy labor. it Is seldom within bis power tO control Us amount lt may. however, te said that. as soon as hr finds the equipOise of bi. system is LeIuc di>turbei-a fact which
 HH aN. som. pam or feeling of strain iu some local irv. the unnatural action of some organ or some sensation somewhere that he recognizes ns not ultuIul-or as soon as Dc finds that hls physical strength Is gradually lessenins, h. may know that La has passei the limit. In ail rl4s. by systematic and severe physl- cal camf.titiln-sI H- either calls for the ey.fti1l uf sudden and tremendous force or f.-uG.l.u-ed endurance. aS occurs in prize f-uts. rowing matghe-, walking or running rac,>. etc -is phy,ioio-icl.ly unsafe, and from ths standpoint of health and longevity -hYu,I bc abolished
 The danger iu physical 0verw0rk is princi uaIIv Co those portions nf the body which ar, concerned iu the involuntary acts ot life that Is t1 sav. to the muscles and nervous ap- parltus employed iu circulation, digestion auI rSuirati0u At the lest these never rast. and when undue labor deyolves upon thru. tIeg bgroru- more ur la~s dcrau-ed They H,louzt1 vital organs. and injury e tlu-. q, of ;a- --r,l.,>t import. Again, whei one or iuar. .. tHe vital organ, are Iu any oi it. uarfs seriously affected, an tIe other pls ti1u, of our ,umricV bodies which depend mon it ,r- them suffer also Generally. the heart fails E-,-. auI Yt ali vital organs. it ta-a-lUr ,rI-.. ti.. V-..H'. rirrU 7nry system IS most iieyl. tr -lir.r from undue physica straiu. but .u.-.rs> che rg,f .gl-"ry organ aS ~l,u. u.,r,l .ari.ar t-er way, tE. di-,--iv.. ar-a-s-u- Soou follows, and whe' ruin SD vita, a- tli- has taken place, dsatl cannot i. r-.t. ..l.- l.-t"u Herald.
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