INDEX
Curtis, William B., record of, as an athlete, 479, 480; longevity of, 479.
Cutler School crew, 120.
Cycler should have heart and lungs first examined, 192.
Cycling, 17, 71, 99; chiefly develops the thighs, 176, 177; Dr. J. W. Roosevelt on, 177; effect on chest-girth, 177, will not fully develop the back, 177; when heart action is defective, 470.
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Daily bath, 68.
Daily exercise, for girls, 25, 29, 36, 74; for women, 43, 46, 69, 74, 229; of one hour, 60, 62, 210, 222; what to take, 69; increases usefulness and attractiveness, 74; value of, 210; for children, 211; for young men, 226; for consumptives, 234.
Dana, Charles A., 421; body of, 423.
Dancing develops the thighs, 175.
Dante, 435.
David, 243; body of, 245.
Day, President, great age of, 239.
Debility, of girls, 28; chronic, 28; of women, 37.
Deep breathing, 70, 157, 183, 201; enlarges our power-house, 73, 74; lengthens life, 165.
Defects cured by exercise, 30.
Deformity, from bad position, 74; exercise to remedy, 74; correcting at school, 74, 77.
Delsarte system of exercise, 99.
Demosthenes, 257; body of, 259; training of, for eloquence, 471, 474.
Denman, Lord, 390; body of, 390.
Depleting blood in brain by exercise, 30.
Descendants, effect of exercise on, 30.
Detroit Free Press for biliousness, 183.
Developing, the calves, 74, 166; the slim muscles, 171; the front of the thigh, 172, 173, 176, 177, 215; the sides of the waist, 178, 181; the back, by rowing, 179; the under thigh, 181; the abdominal muscles, 183, 185; the loins, 187; the chest, 189; the shoulders, 190; the upper back, 190; the biceps muscles, 193; the shoulder, 194; the fore-arm, 195; the triceps, 196; the hand, 198; any finger, 198; the front of the chest, 199; of the chest, 201; the lungs, 203, 204, 205; the neck, 206.
Development follows activity, 153.
Dewey, Admiral, body of, 441, 442.
Diabetes, 63.
Dickens, 379; body of, 380.
Digestion, improved by muscular exercise, 65; by golf, 72; hurt by bad position, 73.
Dilke, Sir Charles, body of, 440.
"Dips," 98, 224; eighty-four, by one man, 197.
Directors, physical, 116; assistants of, 117, 118; possibilities of, 126; salaries of, 127.
Disease, enters easily if system is run down, 52; ninety per cent, from disorder of stomach or liver, 102.
Dry-dock for broken-down men, 19.
Duke of Wellington, vigor of body, 55, 56; sketch of, 314; body of, 318.
Dulling by physical exercise, 129.
Dumb-bells, exercise with, 48, 94, 143; what size to use, 221.
Dyspepsia, 63; from bad position of the body, 74; first step to cure it is to hold the vital organs high, 101; chronic unknown in such a case, 101.
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