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THE JOWETT IM3TIT0TB Ofr PHYSICAL CULTURE

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TE'. THIPOIi OP L!?E—YOUH KET.

The title 1 havo |itla thie talk ennlalns noro than tho nvorm;c poraon Imginea J«Bt ho* mich, good soura; f»ot -aan to vour rer.oral Health.

: roeall a pltiable oenditien of o friond of sin© nhon wo woro boye. He waa youn^or than I and as a youth h© was whoolod around in an Lnvnlld ohair with a case of wliat sos ooiicidorod aouta rhoumatlara.

Ho nmalnod In thla a ta to for yoora, and then tho tlao cano whon ho wno rocam-MonOod to a now dootor of soro sodorn lmonlodra who rl^ht away proolalnod all tho troublo was ln tho foot.

?r«n tho foot ho was treat«d and withlr. a fbw wooka ho was walking.

Tou ahould liken your foot to tho actior. of Ailcrura, loror and oupport#

The length of your foot ls tho lever thnt prya you along and tho anklo ia tho fuicrus of -ot-.on.

Into tho anklo fi ta tho bono of tho Iowor liab whloh sustaina tho oupport of your ontlro bodywuight.

It io r.onorally boliered that pooplc who havo fiat foot will nerer havo a largo pair of calf ouoolos.

Jo a oortain oxtont thio io truo, booauac thoy aro not oapablo of raiaing high enoup,h on the tooa in a gonami way to ęivó tho ęaatrbunenitui muola, aa tho. oolf

r.Sr.clo* aro oalltd, auffioiont aotion.

Flot footod Indiriduola aro poor rurmora and Jumpcre and ofton tholr rihality .a Iow.

Tho generał belief la that wal king ia good for doroloping tho muacloa of tho lor.a, but you raroly aoo a oan who ia accuetcned to rrnoh walking with good aiaod ©alf muacloa. Len,- dlatanoo runnorg raroly hawo good ahapod oalrea. S.r.rlntore harc booftunc thoy ueo thoir oalf muacloa difforontly to driwo thosaeWea ahoad.

Tho aotion of tho list ia difforent ln o walker lYorn that ln a long dlatenc© runnor. Ono abaorba tho aotion in tho Achilles toedon and tho Soloua nrnacle, into whioh tho |*aatroonariua inoorto itaelf, whilo tho aprintor uaoa hia gaatrocnonlna aa a poworful floxor of tho ksoo.

That ia wHat that muaclo ia. A floror of tho kreo.

Kaw tho eonu truć t lon of the foot la coopoaed of suwy bono a.

But tho nain port of tho fbot la tho arch, or *Jv© lnatep.

7ihon the rmscloa that aupport tha aroh bocoso wookenod fram rarioua onuaoo, tho arch, or I sifht r.oro pro;«*rly aay, tho bemoa that fora tho orch, drop down*

'•"•bon thia hannona a groat norvou« atrain la oauaod.

:'o*t baok achos aro tha rooult Of ftllon arohoa noro than of owak bask wcolos-iThon tho boeoa aro down, tho corvoa aro inoLirod upon, and tho proaauro upon tha daauif.od instop ia aggraratcd by tho eonatant poundinr oauaod fram walkłng*

Kvory "pound" ia liico a llttlo hamior atrlking tho aonoory norroo, and anly too

ąulolcly do thoy booone dovltoliaod.