RT Journal
T1 KEep fit and like it
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD September 23
VO 113
IS 13
SP 1251
OP 1251
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800380069042
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800380069042
AB This book is a valuable prescription for a patient in need of exercise. It is especially adapted to the requirements of the adult intelligent male in average circumstances. Dr. Dudley B. Reed follows the rule of Asclepiades that medicine should be administered to cure quickly, safely and pleasantly (curare cito, tuto et jucunde) with the emphasis on jucunde. He first discusses exercise from the standpoint of the prescribing physician with chapters on the mechanical, physiologic and psychologic elements, but in such a joyous and interesting fashion that the scientific factors are comfortable and easy to take. He then discusses various games that the adult likes to play from the standpoint of the man who enjoys them. He likes tennis himself and he knows how to play; so will the patient who reads the book. His analysis of footwork, the American twist service, Tilden's style and the value of doubles will