ROWERS AND HEART DISEASE
IiICL.I EE DJSCRE OITED ... d 1 - ________ '.’■''S Although there is a belief tliati many rowers die young of Heart diseases, the idea lias been-* absolutely discredited! by investigatioiiC' *• Out "of 1-lU oarsmen who had rowed in great crews in the past, 122 were stiU'alive and had exceeded the normal' expeetation of life l»v an average ofj pyer • live years per man. Of those dwljo had died, only two' had died drom heart disease. • Only two of the reniainder were in had health, one was - 57 .•and the other .65 years of age j 110 . were freei from affections of the; heart,veilings and kidneys; over GO had wnco been'hi bed sick for a. week. , dfi
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 195, 16 June 1939, Page 1
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118ROWERS AND HEART DISEASE Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 195, 16 June 1939, Page 1
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