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ATHKETICS AND RUPTURES

VERY one bas some idea as to what is mcant by a rupture, but the drawing presentcd herewith will explain wbat strenuous excrciscs and athlctics oftcn

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Tcachers and edu-cators may well study this picture bcforc de-ciding that strenuous cxercise is the way to Health for weakly stu-dents icst hernia occur. Hernia means "spout" in Greek.

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There are several wcak spots in the walls of the abdomen. One is tbe diaphragm or thin muscle which sep-arates the cavity of tbe abdomen from the thorax or chest. and under a scvcrc strain a coil of the intestines may break through and get into the chest cavity. This condition is catlcd "dia-phragmatic hernia."

Another weak spot where a part of the intestines may break through is at the navel. The name for this form of rupture is "umbilical hernia."

Still another weak spot in the abdomen is where the