Eureka Reporter | 1904-06-10 | Page 7 | Don't Cross Your Knees

DONT CROSS YOUR KNEES med cal men say grave evils come from common hab t A medical authority has recently ut a naming against the habit ot sitting with one knee crossed over the other a pose which is nowadays al most as common among women as among men this apparently harm less habit it seems is likely to cause sciatica lameness chronic numbness ascending paralysis cramps varicose veins and other egils the reason Is simple the lack 0 the knee it is explained as well as the front of the elbow and wrist the groin and the armpit contains nerves and blood vessels which are less adea lately protected than in other parts of the body the space behind the knee contains two large nerves a large artery and numerous veins and lymphatic glands it Is the pressure on these nerves and vessels which is apt to give rise to the various troubles against which we are warned montreal herald