MUSCLES, MIND, AND MORALS:

OR,

HINTS ON THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE.

BY

EDWARD T. TIBBITS, M.D., LOND:

Physician to the Bradford Infirmary; and to the Bradford Fever Hospital;
Formerly House Physician to University College Hospital, London;
and Clinical Assistant to the Hospital for Consumption
and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton, London.

BIBLIOTHECA

AUC 1882

BODLEIANA

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO.

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OMISSION.-On page 8, line 6 from the bottom, after

pure water read "and wholesome food."

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INTRODUCTION.

LTHOUGH the ideas contained in the following pages were originally written out and arranged merely as a basis for discussion at a scientific meeting at Leeds, I have been induced, partly at the instigation of some of my professional friends, to amplify, and publish them in the present form. Two or three years ago they appeared, somewhat abbreviated, in the pages of The Lancet, bearing the title, "Systematic Exercises; their value in the prevention of disease." Since that time fresh material has been introduced, and I have moreover endeavoured to make my views on the subject as intelligible as possible to any one who may care to read them. On the present occasion, for the sake of brevity, as well as because it seems to indicate the order and character of my arguments, I have selected as a suitable title"Muscles, Mind, and Morals, or Hints on the Prolongation of Life."

The importance of systematic exercises cannot, I think, be over-estimated, especially in these

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