Pedestrianism

38 MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. and circulation of the blood are materially ac­ celerated ; and this increased impetus of the blood through the whole system produces an effectual determination to the surface of the skin ; andfree perspiration is the consequence. By the same means, the body is disposed to sleep ; theappetite increased; the tone of the stomach and digestive powers preserved; and the blood is determined from the internal vis­ cera, which prevents as well as removes ob­ structions, and powerfully obviates the ten­ dency to a plethoric fulness of the system. By exercise, the spirits are enlivened, and the body refreshed ; or, as Hippocrates observes, it gives strengthto the body, and vigour to the mind; and it is an irrefragable truth, that where it is improperly,neglected, the energy and strength of the whole machine falls to decay." To the authority of Dr. Churchill, may be added that of the celebrated Dr.Willich, who, in the Seventh Chapter of his Lectures on Diet andRegimen, (p. 441-2,) observes, that "motion, or bodily exercise, is necessary to the /