| Show MACHINE TO STRETCH BOW which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his 7 is a question contained in christ s sermon oa the mount which has generally been regarded as unanswerable says the new york tribune the hebrew cubit was equal to about twenty two inches and the problem involved in making such a ga n as that was enough to discourage any one but biere are two men in colorado today to day who by taking thought have contrived a machine by which they declare a gratifying number of inches may be added to the height of any person who will be satisfied with something less than a foot the originators of this method are professors david tf ropp doimer physical director of the state university of colorado and fordyce P cleaves of denver in using this body extending ma chine the patient lies down upon the framework and Is securely fastened to it by straps around the head and feet at his right hand there is a lever by which he extends the ma chine and thus submits his body to whatever extreme of stretching he de sires using the lever to apply nore power or rel eve the strain at will the machine extends like a d komg table aiom the middle both ways and by means of the straps around head and feet the pressure Is applied evenly along the body the user submits to what ever stretching force he wishes and ta les the exercise as often as he pleases and for as long the best re suits have been attained when the pressure Is applied dally for periods of thirty minutes at a time the idea is that the patient shall have a ma chine in his room and take the stretch ing each night before retiring the construction of the machine Is calca to draw out the spine and hold it extended sufficiently long for nature to start building to conform with the new situation persisting in the exercise for three months Is deemed s to bring results some ier sons have their height increased two to three inches the inventors declare |
