Show I Rowing Does Not Affect the Heart CAMBRIDGE Mass May 20 Permanent damage to the heart does not result from rowing under under under un un- un- un der the present college sy system tem according to results shown by an examination of oarsmen at Harvard Harvard Har Har- vard yard college colleg conducted by Dr Roger J. J Lee professor sor of hy hy- hy- hy giene In an article in the Harvard Har Har- Haryard yard vard Alumni Bulletin Professor Lee says tsay No evidence has been discovered discovered ered in this study of this tiis group of two forty-two cases that would tend to chow how that the present system of Intercollegiate rowing with a mile four-mile race and a Q Ion long lona preliminary training period causes permanent damage to the heart particularly as h has Js been the c case lse at Harvard where only organically sound students are arc perm permitted to participate and ond are kept under medical supervision Furthermore rowing persisted in by college oarsmen for on nn average average aver aver- age of over five years after graduation foils fells to show that the size of the thc heart is affected I |