This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...while taking these movements. The best way to rise from the table is to grasp the rope and pull the head and shoulders up; then swing the feet over to the floor. Automatic Exercise for Feeble Patients Persons who have weak hearts, diseased kidneys, or rheumatic joints, so that any considerable amount ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...while taking these movements. The best way to rise from the table is to grasp the rope and pull the head and shoulders up; then swing the feet over to the floor. Automatic Exercise for Feeble Patients Persons who have weak hearts, diseased kidneys, or rheumatic joints, so that any considerable amount of exercise is impossible, may be greatly benefited by means of automatic exercise in which the muscles are made to act and do actual work by electrical stimulation. A convenient apparatus now in use for this purpose makes possible very exact regulation of the amount of work done. By this means the rate of metabolism, or fuel consumption, may be increased to any degree desired. As high as 800 per cent increase has been observed. This is evidently a very excellent means of aiding the body in burning up its sugar and thus increasing the carbohydrate tolerance. By means of automatic exercise a person may be enabled to do muscular work sufficient to consume two to four ounces of sugar in an hour. Posture Posture in sitting as well as while exercising is a matter of great importance. The back should be supported by a forward curve in the back of the chair (see cut) or by means. of a cushion placed in the hollow of the back so as to keep the chest always elevated, thus maintaining active tension of the abdominal muscles by means of which the blood vessels of the internal viscera are supported. This aids in combating the disturbed conditions of the liver and pancreas which are present in practically all cases of diabetes. The Abdominal Supporter An abdominal supporter should be worn by diabetics who have weak abdominal muscles. It supports the vessels and aids in holding the colon and other organs in po sition, and assists in maintaining a correct...
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