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Show I The best place to find out tho Btatus of ZJf ft people with regard to athletics is the hos- f . Yoiinrf pi'n1, In tll many ycnrs w,licl1 1 lmvo 'h & been connected with hospitals rarely have ' aild Old 1 run ncrosa a patient whoso body showed sy j the benefit of development which would 11 6 6 Q result from regulor and systematic exor- t ExGrCiSG '8C SUC'1 08 nn'e''C8 "l var'ou3 forms af fords. Ono might of course go to tho other extreme and say that people who aro ' k , . , fond of athletics never are sick and conse- Djr ruur A. MurrA. ., . , ,, , quently never come to hospitals. This, t";!-;.! however, would bo falso reasoning, espe- daily in view of tho largo number of pa- ' , tients from- ull elusses who como under my consideration. (ml 11 Tho truth is that wo have too little athletics. The pcoplo at largo are not yet awaro of tho wonderful influence which exercise, regular and , systematic, has upon the constitution. Athletics in the general sense of tho word is tho best remedy for a harmonious development of the body and should bo recommended and encouraged everywhere. Tho field of ath-I ath-I letics bus been so widened as to make possible all kinds and forms of exer cises for men and women, young and old. One of tho most erroneous views which people and even partisans of athletics entertain is that athletics must bo begun by tho young; that older people should let it alone. Nothing is more illogical. Older peoplo should be encouraged to go through certain exercises which will benefit their systems us much if not more than young people. |