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And likewise the diet and manner of life should be moderate. Sleep by night, by day walks, vociferation, gestation among myrtles, bays, or thyme; for the exhalation and respiration of such things prove a digestive remedy. Gymnastics, friction, chironomy, exercises of the chest and abdomen by throwing the halteres. Propomata; for bread alone contributes little towards strength. After these, rubefacients, walking * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
CHAPTER XII. CURE OF ARTHRITIS AND ISCHIATIC DISEASES.
