Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-12

aud othcr BODILY tbs Caused BY !.
Rigid Discipline why Modern Man 4,
Not Fitted for Such Treatment
A proposition Is always best. demon.
strated by example No better proof can
be furnished VI the statement that orll
nary physical training has au exceed
iugly deIeterious effect upon the human
constitution than the numerous instances
daily brought TO light where men have
diet OF organic ailments directly induced
by the cali-theuic practices Ut both PROBES
sonai aud amateur athletes
The case 81 Matsitda Surakichi, the Jan
anesc wrestler who died 81 consumption
adds another item OF evidence To those
medical writers VINO have long and Der.
sisteutly denounced the usual Method.
adopted by athletes to bring the body Ia
what they consider the highest degree Of
physical perfection
Up to WITHIN a very short time OF bis
death Matsada Sorlkichi appeared TO lie
tn perfect robust health. A casual glance
at his physique would have evoked Ia the
beholder nothing but admiration for his
Muscular development aud envy OF his sp
parentIy harry condition lie dies And
only a few minutes medical examination
reveals he fact that the immediate cause
OF his death Is nothing more nor less than
tuberrular consumption of the lungs
In speaking OF training" the word ia
pint In quotation marks To designate more
particularly that course OF discipline 10
when the pugiist Is subjected Just ORE
yiOuS to a light, AN oarsmnn to a rowing
match OF "A pedestrian before six days
walk II Is not intended to depreeate The
"A. q -. l..
I've derived from ordinary calistheuics Blu,
look FOR a moment at what the athlete ha,
touudergo TO III himself. according to the
orthodox trainer. for what Is IN reaiity an
abnormal test Of muscular strength aud
nerve endurance
WHAT SWEATING MEANS
First 81 all he IA dicted In a way that /,
certainly not physically conducive to the
well 'eing Of man as an animal His regi.
men consists mHiuly of flesh lean meat ii
that Every particle of fat Is carefully re
moved from his steak Vegetables he does
not eat. or at most very sparingly Asa
matter 81 fact. were mn attempt made 10
bring n man mp on food OF that description
from early childhood il IL doubtful whether
he would i've To within ten years OF what
is called middle are
Man Is AN Omuiycruus animal To live
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OF turning OlcugiuUus matter into soap
| The length 81 tile human intestine, aud
the SLOW process u digestion demand other
food than that OF half cooked lean meat
which u almost entirely dlgrSttd by tbc
time II leaves he stomach
hul 'he uloNt Ni"''Hl injury the athiete
a"eS nl'li,e'l "''en pursuing hlS 'o">erv
| ai'Nt h'''hou OF preparing ior me arena :
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su",'tu 'Ne'tise S"pelihuuce sweating uh
~ u'S Mt'Iht 'euueeu ~ many cases
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wuy TRAINING IL p,Xcrpnfs
In banlrbv man whore ,bar.. 4 ]. ..7sA
Nh aud normal irrr,a... IN tbe I,oslyts min
patiIr. proyid., nro r,ta increase Il
lie sile ana strength IN III. thprnslc and
abdominal yiscsra II the man. tetAl
Nei,.bt H. suddenly AMI nnnatur,fly law
| er,d Ire baatt Yf,l II .rnr,,,,,, remaining
the snIue. are In eot,.a,p.,lce Isfp, NOR,
| work tban /, necessary Herein it,, tAs
cause nf con.nmrtiou rnlarr,em,pf II tie
b.art Brigbtas lis.a.c rD.t Tr.nurBtI, Ar
IN. causes III d,ntb IN ~. nngia,t lie
oarSnan and the modest riun
| paradoxiciIIy spe3kIng civilized man /,
the only animal whose uormal condition /,
one Of disease Far centuries H. "a, nyel
| improperIy. and s,l,lam lie. si,npI, te
| cau.e he cannot IN. any Ion,rr iti.o1
Tins account tbnt the r.g,,ltr prars.s II
| training i ALWAYS iuiurtnns an,l amen fatal
| to him Mere he in the pbysicnl cpulittoa
| which. presumably. the primitive fnreran
| ners of bis r,rr .nioyeJ 4. Vo,,Ij scareely
A Young Zulu. straigh, from his native
wilds, whose father and whose father.