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Show s-:-z-x-ioxox'Z-xvX-:-x-x-z-:-xvXvX-:-xvx-:-3:-:-z-:-ivx:-x-x-:-x-:-i-:-z- j Decries All Fear of Athletic Heart disappear. The strained hearts of marathon runners also got smaller. Doctor Gordon said, and did not return re-turn to norma for several hours. Atidetes were studied to note any permanent enlargement of the heart j which could be blamed on the exercise, exer-cise, but it was found that the tnost prolonged vigorous efforts did not pro- duee the much dreaded hypertrophy j of the heart. j College students need no longer fear that four years of hard football or track work will leave thorn with a shaky '.'athletic heart" in middle .-me. Experiments by Dr. Burgess Gordon of the Boston refer Bent Brigham hospital on nam and animals revealed re-vealed that the heart, instead of enlarging en-larging after strenuous exercise, actually ac-tually shrinks. Furthermore, no enlargement en-largement of the heart resulted af.or prolonged atl'.ietie trair.h g. 1 looter Gordon made Ids observations observa-tions on Boston marathon runners, and rabbits with norma! ami ;!!.ri...-n:il hearts. The rabbits were exercised to exhaustion, and X-ray pictures taken immediately af'orwnrd revealed re-vealed a sh;-:nt:a,ge w'.t.'i. time to |