The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25

Quoting power .oi. which has been lost, snt
thus giving Rnck the cyeslght that otherwise
This law that force Ger results from decomposi
ton Of matter IL inst as absolute, so Tar as the
concerned rs Il is in Its relations to inotea mic
matter. With every thought, however triflna
II nay be. certain amount Of gray nerve t s.
destruction entering the blood are carried OF
by the skin the lungs. the kidneys, and other
| system ~ efste material TO emter into new
| combinations. and perhaps to reappear In the
form Of %oiStoes or pr Turkey or beef and again
| to be deposited as newRrny nerve tissue. Thus
NE sequence on Somn2sltion am deeO1mn23,s ,,r
life has departed and the whole dead body re-
turns to the earth from which it came.
every thought that IL conceived. with every
emotion that Is felt. with every pe'ception Of
that puts ~ US in relation with The external
world with every act OF the Will gray nerve
mafs derived from oSd we take Is de-
posted from the blood to take It's place.
But this ia not only true Of the force .produc-
gu. organs OF the body on which the force acts:
Thus the liver sectetes bile, and a portion OF
fluid that is prod uced the heart beats to send
the hlood which Is to preserve life. to every
and Tth each G,GN
ilow, started by some overwhelming passion.
and the glands which separate them from the
tion witch put them in action is experienced;
finger is bent word Is SPOKEN, an eyelid
plIsh these results part with a portion OF their
iibres. These are not fancuul statements.
s'g Which
Thus s took the gsstTTpsm,ius muscle the
trspely delicate balance: tnen Dramatically
sneGSs5s II X sSss tube also
the electrodes OF a Ealvanic apparatus, caused
II to contract rapidly until its irritebility was
tube. Weighed It again and found that Il had
very appreciably lost weight
The fact that physical exercise diminlshes
elusive process: Weigh yourselves on a deli
hour or SO and weigh yourselves again. You
will find In every case that you have lost
owiRs to The exhSations rom the o %nSs n iTs
skin. but the extent of this can he determi ned
by weighing again after u Ike period OF time
kept in q state OF quiescence.
Several years ago. whom was m ore enthus-
astic in such matters than L am now per-
formed upon myself a series OF experiments
Tor the purpose OF ascsrtaining the effects
esertion, aud as these have tirect P besrnr
on the subject OF my remarks. perhaps you
will allow me, II promise to describe them in
non,itechnicai language to quote some OF the
Hound from these observations. continued
weight Of the body. as determined upon a bal,
snss rapss q turning With thS hnnd d Fl
other factors remaining exactly '0 the " ssmo
endeavored TO ascsrtain the effects OF what
70 4 me was, was unusual physical exercise
periods OF fifteen minutes each at Intervals OF
standard series Of experiments. for ten days.
The body was weighed every day. and the NV
erage showed 194. IL. q loss or 30 pounds.
int ha for
by which muscle Is made to contract. A
nerve transmits this force to the muscle and
the process different from that in the sending
Of tslegraphic message. Tho battery supplies
ing instrument. and tho act is accom- plished.
- Al, TINS Win serve to give you an idea OF the
OF The eonseSueneos of 1ascn"r Son s1e
pure and simple. without tho interference OF
any disturbing factor. But did you ever notice
In your own experience what very STUPID
thing, physical exercise. for the mere sake OF
exercise. isr II you want to see the WEAKNESS.
ertiOn look at dog who is turning the wheel
OF churn. Or. better still Though perhaps
in s stSdy the In eens
the men :, who are working. q treadmill.
Ans,hy d ih the sluggish win barely
auent in expressing mental exhsnstion
limbs Indicative OF the loss OF muscular en-
eTgy. And II you want a still more striking
cal ehor. look over the earlier pages OF Charles
Reades novel Never Too Late to Mend"
! remember when In the first years Of my
medical oiflcer at the little, New Mexican
village OF Cebolleta. fayorlte punishment
offence was not SO grave as to require court
martial was to cause him to carry stones from
feet, and when the one was exhausted aud the
other piled up. to carry Thorn back again. and
ha had
committed. Nothing was so much dreaded
BY the men as thus punishment: they would
and water for a week, deprivation OF liberty:
btoppage Of ray. even bucking and gagginc"
was physical exercise. not cruel not even
severe; but painful from its monotony aud
Il have. as have also many OF the patients who
have come under my professional care made
every day. We have struggled with Indian
clubs. dumb bells. lifting machines, ana many
tors 10 bring every muscle OF the body into ac-
tion; but IL has been weary work. and has been
sse iOf no hGw
stupid. tiresome. tedious. fatiguing. IFksome
7 han such exeItIon II leaves the mind and
the body IN u state approaching collapse, and |
one halt hour Of 1t is more exhausting than a |
whole day spent In hunting, or In some such |
seems TO me that 1t is Just SO much time thrown |
away Tor We cannot even think when we are |
"a
bell. 20 lar as any influence upon NJ entail or |
physical we'll oeingis concerned. could never |
SOC that II was Of the slightest service. In |
TACT. II has always been to me and to many |
others whose experience has come to my |
knowledge an unmitgated nuisance.
Even walking in the omen air without haV- |
ing some definite object in view. or something |
In the surroundings, acting as a |
stimulus to the mind. is u more or less Weari- |
some business. But IL promenade down FInh |
avenue or Broadway, where tho houses the |
people, the eaulpagss the shop windows and |
The varied incidents necessarily resulting from
crowded streets give u constant succession OF |
mental eAcitations. Is quite another thing,
and one returns from such a walk with the
body inyigorated and with the mind in a state
~ elasticity and coEtentment that OF hing else
N tho whole course Of my Q \ peTience with phy-
slcaI exercise can SUI pass. II sudden demand |
DO made Tor an unuue sNerton OF muscular
power, or u some intense mental effort be re-
Iulrod, both body and mind are ready for their
work. which is performed with a degree OF
-eadIness and thOroughness that mere physi-
al exercise without the mental interest could
lever effect
In this lies the many differences that exist
between the exercise OF the person who takes
Z solitary perhaps in his bedroom or IN a
gloomy q mnAsium. and one who with some
itheT oDJeet in view Than that OF stretching
ais legs or eoLtortlnE his body brings into ac-
ion both his mind and his muscles in the
'pen air while walking through the ever
hanging streets OF the city. with a thousand