High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 29 text:
“
should be taken until the organs are given their proper position. Any exercise taken when the vital organs are not in a proper position is harmful to those organs. The normal positions of the vital organs are secured by the proper contractions of the muscles that sustain these organs. The greater the altitude of the vital organs, other things being equal, the greater is their vigor. The heart beats with a more perfect rhythm when lifted high in the. chest than when it is low. Wlien the vital organs are high, the lungs consume more air, the stomach properly secretes gastric juice, the liver secretes bile from the blood, the alimentary canal is healthy in the production of what are called the peristaltic waves. The moment these vital organs are lowered from their normal altitude, thatmoment their tone of power is lowered. There is no physical defect so general as this, - that the vital organs are from one to four inches too low among adults, and among chil- dren down to the age of five or six years. Before this time the vital organs are high. As to the consequences, all physiologists will agree that no vital organ below its normal altitude can per- form its functions properly. It is a requirement and a provision of our method of physical culture that these vital organs should be kept in position. This Zvfting of the organs does not necessarily consist in throwing the 9 .
”
Page 30 text:
“
chest out. The lungs are not on the outside, they are in the trunk of the body, and, as they are lifted, the shoulders are thrown apart and the back is broadened as much as the chest is expanded. Too much is said about H holding the shoulders back, as if they were ,given us to put behind us. The shoulders belong on the sides, and in raising the lungs it is not necessary to throw the shoulders back. To bend the back and bulge the front of the body is to sacrifice the bacfli to a protuberance in front. It is an injury to the lungs, and especially an injury to the stomach. I have known more cases than I have recorded, of pei-sons cured of dyspepsia by muscular cxcrcisc. Ilui' thc iirst step in effecting such a cure was to lil't1 the vital organs sufficiently high in the body, for I liavc IIIQYOI' known a case of chronic dyspepsia where the stoinacli was as high as it ought to be while, at thc same time. thc person ha.d proper nourishment. A clcrgymzin c-:unc in mc the other day saying that he had dyspcpsia, -- wliich some believe to be a H semi-clerical discasof' The stomach proved to be two and one-half imflxus below its normal altitude. I told him that if he could bring the stomach up to its proper position, and his parish did not starve him with a small salary, he might become healthy and rotund. Dr. S, S. Fitch invented machines for sustaining the 10
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.
