The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-29
muscle BED INVENTION
Device Which Shows the Minds
Influence on Circulation.
INSTRUCTIVE EXPERIMENTS MADE


iologists- whether the center Of grav.
ity In the human body is affected by
changing the position OF the arms. aud
also to determine where the center of
gravity is In a horizontally placed hu.
man BODY DR. William :. Anderson of
Yale university began a series Of OK
haustive experiments in the university
gymnasium several months ago. Sev.
eral college athletes were the subjects
who aided him.
In the course OF the experimentation
and TO facilitate the investigation DIR.
Anderson invented an apparatus to
which he has given the name OF mus
Gle bed. I'm appearance ii suggests n
surgeons operating table. balanced in
the middle. Incidental 10 the main In.
vcstigution Or Anderson has been led
to study other points ia physical devel-
opmCnt ana cOlaterally has verified
what Dr. Angelo Mosso of Turin. Italy.
thought he discovered several years
ago when he announced that he be-
lieyed that under mental excitement
there is q rush Of blood circulation to
the brain so great that II the body is
placed horizontally the head will sink
or tend TO sink.
This, Dr. Anderson says, is true even
when the excitement is so slight rs the
solution by mental processes Of the
simplest problem Of addition. sUbtrac-
ton or multiplication Remarkable In
stances Of the sort have been found
dents on the muscle board" before
written examinations, taking the read
ings ou the plane. and has balanced
them Immediately after the written cx.
aminutiOns noting the difference in
the readings ON th" plane.
After the mental efforts the center
Of gravity changed from q sixteenth Of
an inch 20 almost two and one-half
inches. This shows extra circulation
i'm the upper cxtrcmitics. II has even
been found that mere thought will
send a supply OF blood TO parts of the
body in extraordinary quantities. \
man balanced on the muscle board"
will find his feet sinking if he goes
through mental leg gymnastics, but
does not make the movements. It is in
some Of the experiments of this nature
that students of the psychological phc
nomcna have found data TO study also
not that the theories are new. but the
tests TO prove them are new, Mosso's
brain test excepted.
Or. Anderson said IN this point TO
reporter Of the New York Herald at
New Haven: 81 have found that men
who exercise i'm q listless, automatic
or mechanical manner do not change
the center OF gravity TO great extent.
but in nearly every case when "A man
takes his special series Of movements
in conscious or highly volitional man
ner the supply Of blood TO the arms or
legs was very noticeable, and the line
OF gravity went up or down markedly.
"If two men exercise the arms and
thoraX, taking the same exercises, one
standing before a large looking glass.
the other not. the former will show a
higher center OF gravity than the lat.
ter. indicating a richer blood supply to
parts. This is merely another illustra.
ton of conscious versus mechanical |
methods OF exercise
"An interesting result OF these ex.
perimcnts has been to throw new light |
on our knowledge Of blood supply to |
the legs in sprinting or short distance
running. The belief prevails that in |
short distance running there is no |
ticeable blood supply to the legs. The
tests conducted with the muscle board |
seem to prove the opposite. In nearly |
every case the center OF gravity has
risen after short runs, showing that
the blood has been pressed out of the
large leg muscles by rapid and forceful
contraction. The Psychologist may here
see some explanation Of SECOND wind.
Recently | have experimental with
exercises that subjects found agrcea
ble and those that they found disagtee
able 10 perform. The movements IN
which they found pleasure sent rich.
er supply OF blood TO parts than did
those movements which We're not &c
their liking. The plythysmograph
shows that pleasurab'e thought sends
blood to the brain. disagreeable
thoughts drive blood from the brain.
obviously it is not possible TO state
definitely upon the limited
data at hand thus far in these expert.
ments. They cannot be given excem
tentatively But II will be safe 10 say
that the following statements will az
proNimate the final results, namely: .
"first-That a person will get bet
Ter results from his exercise II he winI
attend 20 IL consciously and with
thought by better results ! mean
'icher blood supply and healthier
netamorphosis of tissue.
Second. That in some ways It is
better for people to exercise before
ooking glass.
"Thlrd.-That short distance running
n driving the blood out of the legs.
'auscs resultant blood stass in the
runk or around the lungs, which may
recount for the first loss Of wind, and
alter when the blood flows more regli.
arly into the legs the sprinter gets his