The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-10
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THE ABUSE OF EXERClSE
Developing the Muscles May Be Carried i
Far-Drain on the Heart
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For The POST.
To Judge by the number Of advertising
professors the advantages Of physical cur
ture are highly appreciated by the AMER
can people Periodicals frequently puoi'Sn
columns devoted to health subject written
ny men or women more or less nmateurisH'
Many Of tho statements contained hotn III
these newspaper notes and IN the auNer-
tisements are without scientific foundation
The articles win enunciate shortly the true
principles on which physical development
depende, both IN children and adults anu
the means to he employed in maintaining
both physical aud mental health FOR ~
must not be forgotten that what we cuH
the physical Is merely means townrd the
attainment OF the highest mental efncaeg
possible
Physical exercise is like civilization, IN
that it is only means toward placing the
individual In the best possible condition
for fulfilling the highest needs OF tue
ire exaggerated importance given to the
attainment Of bodily symmetry ana iarse
muscular development would mol eAls So, -
this principle was Kept IN mind. III. sam
| uel johnson well pointed out 70 the otas
7 CART wbo boasted OF his physical prowess
that 'he could buy horse to DO that.
/ An article IN a current periodical stules
/ that a salt bath IS supposed TO ne pehe
ncial under certain circumstances. heduels
have q right TO expect writes VINO pose %
I guides IN such matters to furnish sohe
( thing hotter than such vague possibilities
! The statements IN this column WIN De
! definite have constant references 10 the
/ end in view mentioned above ana WIZ ne
founded on demonstrahle sclentihc iact'
~. an n
4 modern man or woman depending Tor their
/ living on the use of the brain 10 possess
a biceps muscle OF enormous pippH- tiuAs
/ and q huge mass Of flesh surrounding tue
shoulder, every ounce OF superhuous mus
( cular Tissue Is a disadvantage III tae
struggle OF life. The energies OF an ag-
/ ricultural l8borer or stevedore are conceH'
trated on the development and mainte-
/ nance al his muscular strength de is a
F. specialist The food ne eats goes largely
/ to uourlsh these large harQworking mGs'
/ Giles To all OF Us q need or muscular
/ work fails: and the better ana more sym
mctrical the Development OF those muscles
I We need. the less dtnculty we have IN per
forming the action Of those muscles SUB
/ serve. But beyond that point, muscle Is
| like the old man OF the sea; II has 10 be
red involving unnecessary work for the dl-
restlye organs IL adds to the eNcrcucna
| Of the body the poisonous substances
which have 10 circulate In the blood, so
| that they may be disposed Of TO the KID
| work harder. especially the heart, In order
TO supply IL with blood.
The larger the blood distribution required
Tor the muscles, the less blood can be
spared for the needs OF the brain, and tue
glandular organs, and in childhood the
growth and proper nutrition OF the body as
Where then do we ind the function OF
muscular exercset
THE LYMPH; IT'S SOURCE; IT'S DIES
TlNAIION.
The muscles are contractile bodies com
posed Of the hbers which contract, the
spaces between these tbcrs, and the blood
vessels and nerves, which supply nutrlmen,
and stimulus to those hbers respectively
The spaces contain lymph. This is the
nuid which constantly transudes from the
blood yessls all over the body. 1t contains
the soluble constituents OF the body, along
with a few corpuscles. II circulates very
slowly, for In the human being there Is
no lymph.heart, such as is found in the
reptiles. When, however n muscle con
tracts, the contained lymph spaces anl
vessels are squeezed between the surround
ing hbers, whereby their contents are eX
pressd and md their way into the BLOOD
circulation once more.
Now, the lymph had taken from thC
blood the nutrittye substances which 70
10 lttu tue cells OF lue DoQN. Inc mUSNli
cells had taken the nourishmeut they re
quired from the lymph and had given in re
turn eXcrementitious substances, that Il T.,
say, the products manufactured in tn,
course Of their life work Everyone is IA
miiar with the need OF changing the water
| In which plants live, all living beings eX
. ! cretiug poisonous substances as the result
J Of their activity, Each muscle cell is
, living being, though, like many of tht
lower forms of NE Incapable Of living; ok
! Cept In association with other beings
When the muscle contracts. this poisonou.
, lymph is squeezed out Of the stagnan
pools in which 1t has collected In tn,
, blood stream, these poisons are picked GU
, by the cells In the kidneys, as they ar,
j pumped 10 that organ with the arteria
! blood.
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