Word: health
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...examination of the opportunities for physical training at Wellesley College would be an instinctive lesson to those who oppose liberal education for women on the ground of its evil effects upon the health of the students. The principal place of in door exercise is of course the gymnasium, a large and convenient hall, well furnished with dumbbells, chest-weights, horizontal and parallel bars, flying rings, rowing machines and other apparatus. Regular exercise is required of all the students, who are arranged in groups according to strength and individual needs. Outdoor sports are very popular. On the shore of Lake Wabau...
...Health and Strength. Open to all members of the University. Dr. Edwin Farnham. Sever...
However much experimenters may differ as to the causes of sleep, and the amount necessary for men under varying circumstances, experience has shown that most of us are in better health when we have a sufficient quantity at regular times. The adaptability of the human system is very great, and is shown very markedly in the matter of sleep. The insane can sustain long continued conditions of sleeplessness. Every organ and tissue in the body must have rest, or they soon become worn out. The heart must make use of the intervals between beats to obtain necessary repose. The cause...
...valuable as well as interesting. The names of the lectures are in themselves sufficient proof that what is to be said will be spoken in an entertaining manner and with a thorough knowledge of the subject in hand. With the course of twenty lectures now being given on health and strength, and the four lectures to be given on hygiene and emergencies, it certainly looks as though the faculty did not intend that any ills should attack us and find us unprepared - through ignorance at least...
...Health and Strength. Open to all members of the University. Dr. Edwin Farnham. Sever...