WEAK HEARTS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2010, 20 February 1890, Page 4

WEAK HEARTS.

The late Sir Robert Christison, one of the most eminent of British physicians, used to smile at certain persons who were always complaining of weak hearts. “ Gentlemen,” he would say to his students when lecturing on digitalis, “ gentlemen, the best tonic for a weak heart is a brisk walk.” Not a doubt of it. The majority of weak, flabby hearts are *v;-,ak and flabby because every muscle in the body which is weak and flabby is due to want of vigorous use. Exercise of t ~ legs and back and arms gives additional and much-needed exercise io the heart, and the huart grows strong by vigorous exercise, exactly as every other muscular organ does, for the, heart >s a muscle, If a roan has no organic disease of the heart, no enlargement, and no functional disorder, plenty of brisk walking, with occasional running, will soon dispel his oreathlessness and heart weakness, other things being equal. The muscular inactivity of the modern town man is the parent of more ill-health than any other single cause whatever.— Health.