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...recent number of the North American Review Prof. Hall says : "Examinations should come in the cooler months, as is so common in Germany, and not in June, when, with many, physical relaxation is at its greatest. At our present examination season, or earlier, the nervous systems of even the animals we experiment upon in physiological laboratories have so much less vigor as to be unserviceable for certain scientific purposes. The winter is nature's season for indoor and bookish work, while June days bring languor, give a fresh attraction to out-of-doors that comports ill with the culmination...
...those boys who can be called "merry fellows." Whilst he edited his magazine he used to stupefy his fags by his prodigious capacity for work. Most of his writings were calm in language, and breathe a conservative spirit; they also evince a rather nervous preoccupation on the part of the writer as to what his readers will think of them. The words "Benevolent Public," "Potent Dispenser of Fame," etc., recur very frequently. The graver pieces are those in which he displays most force; in humorous passages his pen does not run with the same lightness as Selwyn's, Shadwell...
...idea that tobacco allays nervousness is exploded; as although by constant use of it the system becomes so accustomed to it as not at the time to exhibit any effect, yet it tends to irritate the nervous system. If it were not for the action of the liver and kidneys in throwing off the tobacco poison, a user of the weed could not live. The action of these organs is shown by the yellowish tint and puffed condition of the skin of the habitual tobacco user. Although it has been much discussed whether or not tobacco is good...
...physical exercises. If a man enters heartily into this exercise he will be benefited by it. Carriage riding as a passive exercise is good for one of fine physique and good former physical development. Horseback riding is an excellent exercise for circulation, as very little of the nervous energy is being expended. For a person who uses the mind excessively, however, this form of exercise is not good, as it produces nervousness. Swimming is, without exception, one of the finest of all physical exercises. It develops especially the lower portion of the chest, the legs and arms. Running...
...exerts a protective force, doing the double duty, by its power as a non-conductor, of keeping out the cold and preserving the vital heat in the body. Below the protective layer comes the glandular or secretive tissue, under which lies the vascular, and farthest from the surface, the nervous fibre...