discus, aswell as of the spear—an exercise that required the utmost pitch ofstrength and dexterity. Subsequently boxing was introduced, underthe name of Pugilatus, and it seems to have resembled prettyclosely our own pugilistic encounters ; for in ancient works of artwe find the boxers represented… … Early Roman Gladiator and bis Patron. remedy for headache : * but this application of the theory of counterirritation is not adopted in modern practice. Another feature of theOlympian and Isthmian Games wasthe Pancratium, a contest callingfor all the powers of the com-batant. In this exercise…
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