EDITED BY R. TAIT MCKENZIE, M.D., M.P.E., LL.D. FORMERLY MAJOR, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL THERAPY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE PHYSIOLOGY OF A TEXT-BOOK FOR STUDENTS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION BY JAMES HUFF MCCURDY, A.M., M.D., M.P.E. DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN 011-5-47 LM3. THIS text has grown up from a lecture course which has been arranged to meet the needs in the field of physical education. Problems of exercise have come to the author from former students and also from the members of the American Physical Education Association. All of these questions from the field have helped to make the text a practical guide in the physiology of exercise. The interest of President L. L. Doggett in research work made possible the study of this topic at Clark and Harvard Universities, followed by practical research work at Springfield. Professors Elmer Berry and George B. Affleck gave valuable advice during the preparation of the text. Dr. E. C. Schneider, Professor of Biology at Wesleyan University, and Aviation Physiologist for the American Army, gave valuable advice. Dr. George L. Meylan, Professor of Physical Education at Columbia University, kindly furnished me a copy of his lecture notes on the subject, as given at Teachers' College, Columbia University. Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, Editor of this series, made detailed suggestions on the manuscript, which were incorporated in the final copy. All chapters have been enriched by the work of students and associates. Recognition of this work is seen in the bibliography given at the end of each chapter. The collection of the bibliography and the preparation of the manuscript received the largest aid from my wife, to whom the book is dedicated. SPRINGFIELD, 1924. J. H. McC. |