EXERCISE FOR ANY GIVEN MUSCLES
"A strong, healthy, well-balanced man can bear local hyperæmia or anæmia without disturbance, and without knowing what is going on. Every great orator at the conclusion of an oration must have a congested brain; every writer who thinks at all must, after hours of composition, have time and inversion to equalize the circulation. Mr. Beecher tells me that after preaching, his head and neck are sometimes so surcharged with blood that a large 17-inch collar is very tight for him; but in an hour or two the circulation is restored, and no harm results. This is health; this is as man should be; but in hyperæmia or anæmia the nerve-impoverishment makes it impossible for the overful organ to deplete itself and equalize the circulation; consequently, what should be but a healthy flow of blood to an actively used organ, followed by a spontaneous emptying, with rest and repair, becomes a fixed passive congestion, through which the blood flows slowly, like the water in our Southern lagoons."
Page 211: "All real physical troubles can be made worse by turning the mind upon them; they can be relieved by turning the mind in some other direction."
Anything which causes one to frequently fill his lungs to their utmost capacity; and then hold them full as long as he can; tends directly to open his ribs apart; stretch the intercostal muscles; and so expand the chest. Many kinds of vigorous muscular exercise do this when done correctly; for they cause the full breathing; and at the same time directly aid in opening the ribs. It will be observed that frequently throughout these hints about exercising, endeavor has been made to impress on the reader that, when exercising, he should hold the head and neck rigidly erect; and the chest as high as he can. A moment's thought will show why. He, for instance, who "curls" a heavy dumb-bell, but does it with his head and shoulders bent over—as many do—while giving his pectorals active work, is actually tending to cramp his chest instead of expanding it; the very weight of the dumb-bell all pulling in the wrong direc-
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