The Modern Method of Training for Running, Walking, Rowing & Boxing

56 rEDESTKIANISM. after a sixlionrs' wasli. A stimulating embro­ cation wasafterwardsappliedand the foot well bandagedup. Next day a slow walk was tried without any bad result, and so rapid was the cure that a seven-mile trial was acccomplished with great satisfaction to all at the end of four days, although the iustep was rather tender. All strains are assisted in their cure by bandaging,but they should not be applied until hot fomentationsfor some time have been applied,and finished up by the application of the embrocation with plenty of friction before a fire. Shin sorenesscan be cured,or at any rate alleviated so that work may be resumed, by fomentations and the embrocation, the recipe for which willbe found at the latter portion of the present work. OHAFim X. EATIIS.—HOT, COLD, ETO. THE use ofwatercannotbetoo muchapplied J- to any athlete as regards outward appli­ cation,but ofcoursecoldis the most beneficial if the constitutionof the recipient beof sufficient vigour,and there arc but very fewindeed who are so delicate as to require tepid or warm water, but eventhe latter are better than the absence,evenpartially, ofthe bath. Coldbaths maybe taken anyhow and anywhere,provided the whole of the bodyis immersed or thoroughly spongedover, but the mostdecided benefitwill be derived from the plunge bath. However, equally successful results may be gained by Uie use of a large bath well filled with water, the body being well sluiced with the water froma large sponge. The shower is also of great benefit, but in some conditions of body the sudden shock has rendered the nervous systemso irritable that it has undone all the goodintended by the reaction. Where there is Jiotthe convenience of a bath of any kind, a oweldipped in water and the body thoroughly iCd briskly rubbed will ensure a thorough