Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-02
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PHYSICAL EXERCISE SHOULD AZ !
TAKEN IN MODERATION
Muscle Buildins ii Not Necessary 60 1.
GOOD Health, and severe Trsining
wenisens the Heart and Nerves and
4 3 Lowers vitality. IA
Once beyond the bounds Of modera-
tion, physical exercise and physical
training not only weaken the heart for
d lifetime, predispose to pneumo nia,
cause pulmonary tubercu losis and make
extra possible a dozen other ills, 4 but
they unfit a man from being the Ideal
husband and father.
q Or. Robert E Coughlin Of Brooklyn,
says the New York Times, has been
collecting statistics upon and follow
ing the careers Of athletes for years
He examined the contestants in anna
teur boxing matches, and the abnormal
develop OF the best Of them struck
HIM Magnific Gently developed as to
their muscles, they were Tar from be-
ing men Of normal health and strength.
Beyond d certain point the muscular
training was at the expense Of their
vitality It took away from the heart
and lungs There was scarcely an Or
gan Of the system not affected and
made less efficient. 1t seemed worth
while to explore further into the cause.
I'm regard to the benefit to be de-
rived from athletics, says the doctor,
tone has only to remember the physiol-
ogy Of exercise to become convinced
OF the fact that exercise. per Sc, may
be very beneficial. The point to bear
In mind is to advise the person to stop
before fatigue becomes evident. We
can do this readily when the athlete is /
Interested IN games for the mere exer-s
else, but such advice cannot be offered
when his aim Is to excel In an athletic
contest Here is where athletics do
great harm, and 1t would be q safe rule
to advise against all forms OF athletics
in the nature OF q contest. 81
'Athletics may be said to be bene-
fetal until the heart begins to be mark
edly hypertrophied. This is the dam
ger signal. y sss5lss
Hypertrophied Is the medical mans
way Of saying enlarged that Is, the
walls or muscles Of the heart increase
Ii size. Though this is the danger
signal, 4 there Is no real danger here,
only a warning. The danger comes
when, In consequence Of additional ax-si
ertion. the heart dilates, its interior
grows larger, displacing the delicate
machinery, causing the valves to leak.
Then come ssmurmurs,'' and though
man may live for years with weakened
valves he may die any day and any
moment. q
Does physical exercise. then, build
up the general health and make a
better man out of man? There
seems to be question, with some
scientific men saying today very em-
phatically, Not unless that physical
exercise Is very moderate indeed. !"
Health, one Of the big English ar-
/ thorities lSir Michael FOSTER puts It,
does not exist. 4 1t is like happiness.
Zach has goal or limit which while
seemingly attainable. eludes perfect
possession. The body consists OF q
number of mechanisms which have the
closest and most exact relations, and
as they approximate to harmony there
Is health, butswhen disordered there ID
Ill health. IA 5ssi s$lss
3i3 Not necessarily does a man BY phys
ical training and much exercise be-
come a better man, nor does he even
& get better health. Here ID the striking
evidence OF it In scientific statements
of the day.
10 obtain good health, muscle build
B ING il not necessity. One cannot
Judge Of q persons health BY the size
and hardness of the muscles. We
have seen that the converse may be
true. 10 obtain health one must not
be ia 4 perfectly trained condition ow-
Inc to the effects Of severe training on
the nervous system. II There ii no eyi-
dence to prove that athletics and mus
Gle building improve the constitution.
/ one shoHld always keen III mind tt,e
fact that built M or hypertophied