Blair's Health Exercises (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Blair's Health Exercises<br><br>Every one wishes "to have and to hold" good health. Why Because to be well is to be comfortable. To be ill is to be miserable, not alone in body but also in mind, for the condition of the body affects the mind for good or for ill. But comfort is not the only value attached to health. A sound body spells dollars, a most potent word. We know that the dollar-earning power of a machine in perfect running order is far greater than that of a defective mechanism. When the body is in prime condition, it is the ready servant of the will, and its efficiency and therefore its earning capacity are at the maximum. An aching head, a distressed stomach, a painful back, a lame knee, smarting eyes, a sore throat, in short, "all the ills that flesh is heir to" serve to clog the wheels of physical action. They make the mind conscious of the body, and, to that extent, interfere with the legitimate work of the brain.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.