University oars : being a critical enquiry into the after health of the men who rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race from the year 1829-1869, based on the personal experience of the rowers themselves / by John Ed. Morgan.

  • Morgan, John Edward.
Date:
1873
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Credit: University oars : being a critical enquiry into the after health of the men who rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race from the year 1829-1869, based on the personal experience of the rowers themselves / by John Ed. Morgan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL INDEX. 395 Pulmonary vessels, inherent delicacy of, T 02 Puny frames, 50 Q. Query addressed to old Oars, 5 Question regarding time spent in training, 69 — regarding cultivation of muscle, . '° Quill-wielding gladiators, 73 R. Railway refreshment room, 117 Rate of mortality among Oarsmen, 33 Re-absorption of intruding mass, 101 Recruits, gymnastics for, 47 Red corpuscles, 105 Refusal of narrow chests, So Registrar-General’s Report, 27 Relation between officers and men, 92 Renewal of animal tissue, 60 Renovation of animal tissue, 6r Revelry and buffoonery, 73 Rheumatic fever, no — pains, 19 Ribs rigidly stiff, 83 Risk of re-action, 75 Ritualistic excesses, 70 Rival candidates A and B, 91 Rivers polluted, 120 Rowing, a scape-goat, 63 — beneficial, 42, 108 — advantageous, 118 — on the sea, 117 Rowdy reprobates of fiction, 94 Royal Institution, 53 S. “ Sad fate of old University Oars,” 5 “Safety valve” for youthful vigour, 72 Sailor ascending rigging, 45 Sailors, 118 Salford Hospital, 83 Scepticism of old Oars, 37 Scholastic damsels, 119 School “paragon, ” g\ Scotch, mental and physical vigour of, 79 Scotch moors, 90 Scotchmen, 123 “Scratch Fours,” harmful, 77 Scrofula, means of averting, 81 Seamstress, arms of, 45 Second wind, 51 Secret of trainer’s success, 75 Sedentary pursuits, evils of, 82 — life, evils of a (R, Q, and R), 17, 18, 19 Seeds of disease (E), 12 Serious exhaustion (y), 14 Severe simplicity of Spartan attire, 84 — course of training, 107 Signal for the start, awaited, 52 Signals of distress, 59 “ Silver thread of sea,” 121 “ Simian descent,” 70 Simple diet, 123 Sixteen University matches, 20 Skilful adviser puzzled, 96 “Slaking the thirst of early am- bition,” 66 Sleepless vigils of heart and lungs, 62 “Slums” of our great cities, 121 Smith wielding hammer, 45 Smouldering embers of intelligence aroused, 94 Socialistic crotchets, 70 Social position, 71 Soldiers, average height of strong, 110 Solution difficult, 40 Sophronistm, 80 Span-short, of years, 24 Sparta, 121 Spirometer, 114 Spitalfield weavers, 84 Sport of the seasons, 83 Spring, a prize champion, 112 Spurious aquatic renown, 77 “Stale” men, 74, 106 — at time of race (C), 8, ro Statistics, apparent discrepancy in, 24 — and facts required, 4 Steam-engine, the whirl of the, 82, 85 Straight back, 117 Striped muscular fibre, strength of, 55 “Stroke Oars” culprits, 93 Strong and vigorous manhood, 89