Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ut a quiver, The operation saved his life— The loafing though, knocked out his liver. Lumbago is a painful thing; A masseuse with a visage solemnRubbed the lumbago out by spring, But twisted poor Bills spinal column. To rid his backbone of the twist They used some braces. They were carelessThe padding for his head they missed: This made him straight and left him hairless. Drugs were prescribed to grow his hair. These acted just as represented;They put his scalp in good repair, But soaked in and left Hicks demented, Then to a sanatorium They took Bill. He was wisely treated;His brain with health began to hum— Then asthma!—ward was poorly heated. To cure his liver troubles he Tried muscle stunts—you know how they goFrom liver ails he then was free, But all the strains gave him lumbago. —Wilbur D. Nesbit, in Saturday Evening Post, More open air, the doctors said, Bill Hicks cried: No; you shall not lure me. Ill stay in peace upon my bed, And shoot the man that tries to cure me!
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Harry J. Lenon and his two sons. Which is the father? IT Walking from Chicago to Pittsburg, 474 Miles, in 133 Hours M R. HENRY J. LENON, of 542 W.Van Buren Street, Chicago, ac-companied by his oldest son, iSyears old, spent his two weeksvacation in walking from Chicago toPittsburg, a distance of 474 miles, intwelve days. The actual walking time ofthe trip was 133 hours, an average of39I miles per day. Mr. Lenon is an amateur walker, andtook this long walk to prove to himselfthat he had built himself up sufficientlyby following physical culture methodsto do so. Prior to this trip the longestwalk ever undertaken by Mr. Lenon,was to Battle Creek, Mich., a distance of165 miles. Mr. Lenon is an example of what canbe accomplished by living correctly. Ten years ago he was a physical wTreck,but through following out what he readin this magazine he was able to takethis walk without any training beyondwalking to and from his work daily adistance of about four miles. He is fortyyears old but doe

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