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Show patients on a smooth road, teache them the jlnrlkisha man s slle of running and makes them bgin with short steps, limiting the run of th flnt few days to peven mlnutts pr to. Orac.ually the length of -tep and the length of the run are Increased until the patler.t is stepping step-ping out briskly for a half hour at a tinw and without labored breathing or "Ftltches" in the sMe. The deep bernthing tores the whole Fysiem, the exercise Improves the t lrcu; lation ami the exhilaration of th rr.otiort tiiminatrs the deprtsrpd mental condition condi-tion peculiar to nerve exhaustion. Cold ami hot showf r baths nre errploytd a!so. Paris Cor. Chicago Chronicle. CURES 1JETJRAS1 HENIA. For nuiahemathe "d. vase of civilization." civ-ilization." Dr. Felix Kagnault believes; he has found a cure. Th reincuy if' nothing more than making tne patieiit learn to run. Being in the, Orle.it. Vr. Rognault observed ob-served the rplendld physical condition of the jinriklsha men. who pull a little cab at a horse's trot for hoursi together without fatigue. Many of these nv-u. although not of powerful build, are marvels mar-vels of endurance. Their nerve are perfect. The physician studied their method of training for their work. On hlv return to France he discovered that an officer haO begun to introduce the same method In the physical cultuTe f soldiers In the army. The jinriklsha apprentice, while being be-ing taught to run, is made to hold a wand in his two hands in Fuch a way that his- elbows are thrown well backward back-ward This throws out hif chert wfcile the back is held straight. The runner's gait is developed fo tnat with knees well btnt he lift? the feet only a slight distance from tho ground, Irsuring a minimum of expenditure of energy. The whole "trick" of this Kyle of running if a development of "wind." Pr Kernault taken his neurasthenic |