Robley Dunglison | Dunglison, Robley M.D., On the Influence of Atmosphere and Locality; Change of Air and Climate; Seasons; Food; Clothing; Bathing; Exercise; Sleep; Corporeal and Intellectual Pursuits on Human Health; Constituting Elements of Hygiene, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. | | Definition | Objective | | | Active Exercise — creates local & general effects, gives firmness and elasticity to the muscles which experience and increase in their nutrition, increases the action of the heart so that blood more readily reaches the capillaries and a free circulation takes place in them, so that obstructions are prevented, improves the digestion function (traveling exercise in particular), the body acquires bulk and vigor, exercise acts as a salutary excitant, communicate precision to the movements, augmenting the action of organs, rectifying deformities, contribute to the preservation & restoration of health Dunglison, 426-428, 432. | | Frequency | Type / Mode | | Daily Dunglison, 433. | To produce the full benefits, exercise should be combined with mental amusement, hunting, dumb bells, walking, dancing, gymnastics, calisthenics, horse back riding, riding in carriages over rough roads, leaping, the chase, fencing, boxing, wrestling, sailing, (for the infant) the tossing in the arms of the nurse, exercise of the cradle Dunglison, 430, 433-6.. | | Duration | Time of Day | Intensity | | Long & Continuous Dunglison, 433. | | Moderate Dunglison, 426-430. | |