School athletics and boys' races / by William Collier.

  • William Francis Collier
Date:
1909
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Credit: School athletics and boys' races / by William Collier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Dr. (’OLLIER, in reply to Dr. Goodhart, pointed out that the letter s])oke of permanent injury to the heart and other organs ; he (Dr. (.’oilier) thought that if the heart \vere jx*r- manently injured, a competent medical man ought to be able to detect traces of such injury. Dr. Goodhart had ex- pressed a wish to strengthen the position of this Association ; it seemed to Dr. Collier that to publish a letter in the lay press, which must tend to shake the confidence of parents in indi- vidual members of the xVssociation, was a strange way to iiccomplish this end. Sir Lauder Brunton had praised the wisdom of trainers of race-hor.ses, and hinted that we might take a lesson from them. Did Sir Lauder realise that, for purposes of economy, race-horses were run as mere babies ? Many, if not most, of the races were limited to two and three year old horses. Dr. Collier would conclude by reminding Mr. Farmer, who had originated this discussion, that the dangers of the football field were greater than the dangers of the running path. Dr. Collier could recall several cases of rupture of the kidney, the result of footbiill accidents, in which cases the lives of the injured were for a time in the greatest jeopardy. Xo doubt Mr. Farmer would say that, in spite of the danger, the good far outweighed the harm so far as football was concerned. Dr. Collier would also contend that so far as long distance running at our schools was concerned, the benefits derived far out- weighed the injuries that might occur in a very small number of cases.
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