Athletic Training

THE ATHLETIC HEART 159 distress. What he did was to get rid of a case of chronic indigestion, which was the source of all his trouble. For years afterward he enjoyed the best of health. I am not quoting these instances to make light of real heart trouble, but I do contend that a great many persons who imagine they are suffering from heart trouble are in real– ity suffering only from indigestion, too much eating and drinking, _and not enough exercise. If every person could be induced to live a normal, healthy, athletic life half the doctors and hospitals in the country would go out of existence.