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gymnastics and gymnastic games, wandering and mountain climbing. 

 The members of the individual groups were selected from and by the 

 associations distributed over the whole country. From the above an 

 idea may be gained of the comprehensiveness of the organization. The 

 sport exposition was divided into the following subdivisions : 



1. Special gymnastic exhibitions by the different unions. 



2. Scientific division. 



3. Industrial sport division. 



4. Sport places and sport plants. 



5. Sport laboratory and library. 



Hall fok Nutrition, Dietetics and Foodstuffs. 



6. Tournaments. 



In the sport laboratory were made: 



1. Anthropometric and ergographic investigations. 



2. Electrocardiographic examinations. 



3. Rontgen-ray observations. 



4. Examinations on the chemistry and mechanics of respiration. 



5. Microscopic and chemico-physiological investigations. . 



A dark room and a library completed the laboratory. A large num- 

 ber of university men had voluntarily contributed their services to the 

 success of the work. The object of this laboratory was to furnish 

 material for the laying of a foundation for a scientific sport-physiology 

 and sport-hygiene. From results already obtained in this laboratory, 

 some of which I had an opportunity of examining, I am convinced of 

 the fact that a beginning has at last been made for the scientific elabo- 

 ration of the proper principles upon which alone the different forms of 



