Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-14

Continued from yesterday
Next l hold the watch while the
subject holds his breath. He must
mold his breath forty seconds in
order OF pass this test. deduct one
point for every five seconds short
OF the forty. If he lasts forty sec
onds without air, l credit him five
points.
We now pick out a nice soft spot
on the floor, 1t being immaterial
whether there is a rug or not, and
l nave 1ny victim roll a someTsault
on the floor for me. He must come
right upon his feet and smiling IN
sucA a way that | may feel assured
the somersault has not left him
dizzy. He wins another five points
II he passes this test. If he can't
roll. he is not an Al specimen.
If there are two ordinary flights
of stairs at hand, the next test calls
for their use Ii not. then l substi-
tute deep knee fleXion. The stair
case test is simple; the subject
skips lightly up two flights, At the
top he sits or stands at rest while
l count his pulse and listen to his
heart. The heart goes thump-
tEomp-thump against the chest
and works fast. II there is no
heaving thump- thump, l count off
two or three points. If the pulse
does not slow to it's original resting
rate within three minutes, | count
off the whole five points. But If the
heart throbs forcibly and loudly
against the ribs and slows down
within the three minute period of
rest. / credit the mar five more
points. If no stairs are available, l
have the man stand with hands on
hips and make fifteen to twenty
deep knee fleXions (squatting as
low as possible and right up again)
as a substitute for the stair climb
ing effort-fifteen if he is heavier,
more if he is lighter ip weight.
Finally / allow five points for
bowel and kidney function, appor-
tioning two and one-half points tor
normal bowel function Ono depend
ence on physics) and two and one
half points for normal kidney
function as determined by chemical
and microscopical urinalysis and
the time required for the kidneys
to eliminate a definite dose of a !
chemical physicians employ in es-
timating this function.
SO you see q subject has to be a
pretty healthy specimen all around |
in order to get a mark of one hum |
dred per cent in health from me. |
If you thing it is easy to convinced
me of your perfect health. pray
try few of these simple tests on |
your old metabolism and if you fall |
down on any of them, take my ad-
vice and tell your troubles to some |
good doctor.
Examining Governor Cox.
l caught the governor at the ex-
ecutive mansion bright and early |
In the morning. In fact, camped |
in his reception room before he |
was up. If a man is at all deficient
physically, that is the time to de- +
tect the ENTHUSIASTICALLY after
he crawls out of bed in the morn
ing. l was there to get something |
on my victim If l could. 1t is a
strange thing. how a surgeon loves
to explore" and a health special
list enjoys unearthing physiological
deficiencies. Then, besides, there
isn't much fun in writing about
normality. You will readily under
stand, therefore, why | yearned to
take my victim unawares.
If some one purposed to subject !
ME to health examination and
came butting in before breakfast in
the morning, should give his
waiting capacity a thorough trial.
I'd have my breakfast first and
then in a leisurely way I'd let the
health specialist have a look at