Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 35
DERS OF BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL. rules of the combat actually permitted the athlete to rip upthe stomach of his adversary, and to tuck his elbow underhis chin so as to deprive him totally of the power of respira-tion. In spite of the terrible shocks received in these con-flicts, the physicians of… … Another Scene. (From an Etruscan tomb at Chiusi.) upper parts of the body. Cselius Aurelianus extolled theexercise, as tending to prevent obesity. This much is certain, that, as a rule, \vrestling as prac-tised among the Greeks assisted in developing the musclesand the respiratory organs,…
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