Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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When the season opened the outlook was extremely promising, but misfortunes lurked by the way. Gates, after the first game, was obliged to withdraw and give up ball-playing indefinitely, at the positive order of his physician. Then Bannister broke down and was obliged to retire. Deppler soon after severely sprained his ankle and is not yet able to be about. Cameron is still, and has been for two weeks, confined to his bed. Both McCusker and Cooper have withdrawn, the former being entirely disabled owing to several split fingers, and the latter having gone West to practice...
...Williams White, professor of athletics in the University of Pennsylvania, will have an article in "Lippincott's Magazine" for June, giving a physician's view of exercise and athletics...
...corporal punishment was suspended by the corporation and never revived. The minor offences were punished by fines varying in amount with the enormity of the offence. Smoking was prohibited "unless permitted by the President, with the consent of parents and guardians, and on good reason first given by a physician." Money was very scarce in those days and a frequent delinquent who had the ill-luck to be detected in his wrong-doing would soon find himself impoverished. Indeed ready cash was so difficult to attain that the term bills were often paid in kind, butter, cheese, fruit, etc., being...
Stewart, who has been stroking the crew all winter, was obliged to go home a few days ago. and may not return for several weeks. He has been greatly troubled of late with insomnia, caused by overtraining, and his physician advised him to take a complete rest. During his absence the crew will be stroked by Cald well of last year's crew...
...athletic sports came into the hands of a committee appointed by the president for one year on a new plan, which had been adopted by the faculty near the close of the preceding year. The committee was to consist of five members - the director of the gymnasium, a physician resident in Boston or Cambridge, a graduate of the college interested in athletic sports, and two undergraduates from among the leaders in athletic sports, and this appears to have worked well...