Show HEALTH AND EXERCISE y s 1 cicero is described by plutarch as being at one period of his life extremely thid third and slender and having such sueh a he be could ea eat t but little in fsr fact lie ife coUld retain scarcely anything on liis his whole frame fiame belfie so extremely 1 wc weak weak ak he traveled to athens however for the recovery of his health where is dody Vody was go strengthened byk yi exercises I 1 as to become firmi firm and adl robust ardd arid his voice which haab ee n harsh was thoroughly formed and aud andreh dred sweet full aid and sonorous and aud fU filius crear caesar the the same author informs ils uis us that he be was orl ori originally 1 anally of a sie slender 4 r habit bit pf af body his ills fich flesh being extremely t rem k so ft and of a sliby bilky allue hue he was troubled ith violent pains in in his head and andl Ss a s subject to epilepsy but buit influenced by the example of cicero and a great many others of ills his contemporaries he lit found iu in exercise the best nedi medicine cine clue for his indisposition as after them he lit went through long marches bore coarse diet frequent sleeping in the fields and contin continued hea hed for many years exposed to the hardships of war the great physician hoffman an in a special treatise on gym na ti justly celebrates it ag the best of medicine medici ue and the celebrated poet dryden asserts that th the e wise alse for cure on exercise depend god never made hla worker man to mend romend 99 among the particular diseases ia in the cure of which gymnastic exercises have been found the most effectual are gout rheumatism consumption nervous disorders bilious colic dropsy palsy dis eases af the mind besides many others with regard to the choice of exercise for curing diseases it has hag been justly remarked that there are many points to be atie attended aided to every kind of exercise and every avery degree of it is not fit for every constitution far less in every complaint or at all times which is the proper sort ef of exercise to tb be Te recommended commended must de depend end upon particular circumstances of habit habit age constitution or disorder and in cases casks where the whole fraine frame is enfeebled feebler fee bled bied the advice of an intelligent tea che cher W not to be neglected exercise is well entitled in various re sto be consi considered dered as a common aid top to physic ihsle to use tiso a phrase which esau lapius originally used in fact when the abdy body is by exercise brought into a good kalep state of f health and all the humors are aro wholesome should it be attacked by disease it will be more easily restored hence henad it ja s well observed that deop we ought t undoubted undoubtedly lk to attribute the bonde wonderful ful fui success bribe of lae ancient physicians in curing dise dibe diseases asp with such indifferent materials ia aa their pharmacy afforded to the patient having his blood in general pure and his body tle Ile healthy althy by nn attention to exer exercise cige eise Nati national ortal freemason i |