GENEEAL HEALTH HINTS 661 



a life of physical rectitude which is the best foundation 

 for a high grade of mental and moral culture. 



It is hoped that in the following pages, which are 

 made up of observations upon health topics, the reader 

 will find much which will interest him, and which may 

 prove of real and lasting benefit if adopted in daily life. 



HYGIENE OF THE MUSCLES 



The following remarks on this subject are extracted 

 from another work by the author, "The Home Hand- 

 Book of Modern Medicine:" 



How to Take Exercise.— It is not sufficient to 

 simply take exercise indiscriminately, and without ref- 

 erence to the object for which it is taken, the manner, 

 time, etc. It must be taken regularly, systematically, 

 at proper times, and in proper quantities. Perhaps 

 we cannot do better in treating this subject practically 

 than to ask and answer some of the most important 

 questions relating to this matter. 



1. When is the best time to exercise! There is a 

 popular theory extant that exercise taken early in the 

 morning has some specific virtue superior to that taken 

 at any other time. After careful observation on the 

 subject, we have become convinced that this popular 

 notion is a mistake when adopted as a rule for every- 

 body. For many busy professional men, especially 

 lawyers, editors, authors, clergymen, teachers, and 

 others whose vocations keep them mostly indoors, the 

 morning may be the only time when exercise can be 

 taken conveniently; and if not taken at this time it is 

 likely to be neglected altogether. Such persons, unless 



