The Pedestrian's Record

102 the pedestrian's record. portion your sleep according to the amount of work accomplished ; if little, sleep for seven hours ; if much, prolong your slumbers. PATHOLOGY. The human frame, even when the periods of activity and repose are duly balanced, and when life is sus­ tained under the most favourable circumstances, is liable to accident. Excess of exertion beyond this, either mental or bodily, renders the system more susceptible to the influence of external causes and the inroads of disease. Sports of all kinds are fraught with danger, and in this catalogue the cinder- track is found, although half the mishaps occurring there are due to athletes not fortifying their bodies for the day of trial by previous judicious and careful training ; at the sametime, disasters will "occur, even in the best regulated families" ; and with all our precaution sometimes a broken bone, ruptured liga­ ment, or lacerated muscle dismisses the athlete from the track, or injury to the circulatory or respiratory systems causes him to seek medical advice. It is our intention to note various physiological facts which will be of some little value to the runner during his course of training, by advising him how to steer clear of the quicksands, and how to avoid the rocks. We frequently hear people complaining of pain caused by some physical cause, as a blow, fall, etc., or of a sore