WHAT IS FATIGUE?
When we use any group of muscles., as those, say, of the legs, fur iw; MS and jumping, we very quickly go* out of breath." This is really a specie.-i "of fatigue. Jt arises from the fact, that the muscle thus used throw,; iot;o ttie blood passing through it a lavg& quantity of carbonicacid gas, wlu'.'li is poisonous to the body and ntusjfc he hurried out through the : iu "° a - . '
The greater the amount of this gas Lhl'ovvn into the blood, the more rapid \ml urgent are the movements of the lings, and the sooner we get "out of breath." It' the exerei-c is less violent aud more conlinuous, we may not get on', of breath, but the muscles will ultiniatelv become tired, so that movement is diliicult, and sometimes even impossible. 'This is due to the presence of certain poisonous substances produced by the exercise, which have the ell'ect of para■ lysiug the muscles. It we rest for a time, the sensation of fatigue will pass oil, the poisons having been washed out bv the blood. Then the exercise ma v be continued. -
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 136, 30 May 1908, Page 3
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187WHAT IS FATIGUE? Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 136, 30 May 1908, Page 3
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