On the physiological basis of physical education : an address to Inspectors of Schools at the South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea, on April 25, 1905, by invitation of Colonel G. Malcolm Fox / by Sir Lauder Brunton.

  • Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.
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[1905]
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Credit: On the physiological basis of physical education : an address to Inspectors of Schools at the South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea, on April 25, 1905, by invitation of Colonel G. Malcolm Fox / by Sir Lauder Brunton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 13. 12 3 4 After Maggiora and Vinaj. Bliit. f. Klin. : Hydrotherapie, 1892, p. 9. 1. The fatigue curve of the left hand raising a weight of 3 kilogrammes every two seconds. 2. The fatigue curve of the right hand. 3. The fatigue curve of the left hand after five minutes’ massage. 4. That of the right hand without massage. Fig. 14. After Mosso. Showing the effect of training, in increasing endurance as com- pared with Fig. 2, from the same person. Owing to a difference in the apparatus the height of the curves is not comparable. The amount of work done was really double that in Fig. 2. the heart similar to massage upon the muscles. The respiratory movements, especially when deep, help to press the blood out of the heart and to attract blood into it. The movements of the heart itself also tend to carry on a kind of self-massage. These effects were shown by my friend, Professor Kronecker, and will be understood from the accompanying figures. The first of these (Fig. 16) shows the thorax during inspiration and during contraction of the heart. In this condition
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