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Credit: How to get strong and how to stay so / by William Blaikie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: How to get strong and how to stay so / by William Blaikie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![parts brong'ht into play, and there ought to be exercise for all. Now what daily work, and how much of it, will secure this symmetry, erectness, and strength, su])posing that, at the outset, there is no organic defect, but that the woman is simply weak both in her muscular and in her vital systems? In the first place, let it be understood that the connexion between these systems is intimate, and that the judicious building and strengthening of the former, and the keeping up that strength by sensible daily exeicise, tells directly on the latter. Vigorous muscular exercise, properly taken, enlarges the lespiration, quickens the circulation, improves the digestion, the working, in fact, of all the vital parts. Dr. Mitchell says it is the very thing also to quiet the excited nerves and brain. The amount of that exercise daily depends on the present strength of the woman. If she is weak generally, for the first fortnight the exercise, while general enough to bring all the muscles into play, must be light and easy. Then, as a little strength is gained, the work advances accordingly. If partially strong at first, invariably the first thing to do is to adapt the exercise mainly to the weaker muscles till they catch up. Suppose the right arm is stronger than the left, as frequently happens, because it has had more to](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28079656_0070.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
