Are You Sound of Body?

You say that you are in good condition, that you feel nothing...
And indeed, so you appear.. But we want to put you to the test:

1 - Your Nervous System

Bend down to pick up something from the floor, then straighten up quickly without raising your head. Repeat this exercise four or five times; if you feel a pain in your neck or in your head, be certain that your nervous system is not sound..

Another exercise: stretch out your hand, spread your fingers apart from one another, and place on the back of your hand something light — a pencil, for instance. If your hand trembles, ... consult your doctor...

2 - Your Walk

Even if you are unaccustomed to long walking, you should be able to walk six to seven kilometers without any fatigue... And if you feel any weariness in your legs, consult a specialist, for you are ill.

3 - Your Heart

Climb 40 steps of some staircase, or jump 40 jumps, and count the beats of your heart. If the beats do not exceed 92 to the minute, you are sound of heart; otherwise...

4 - Your Hearing

To test your hearing you need another person... Stand about five meters away from him, and let him murmur some sentence. If you can catch the words with both your ears, you are sound. Try this several times...

5 - Your Eyes

Can you read, without glasses, a typewritten text at a distance of 80 centimeters from you? If you cannot, go quickly to the eye doctor...

Second: can you distinguish colors set together — violet with lilac, blue with green, yellow with orange and red? Many people cannot distinguish between these colors when they are brought together one with another.

3 - Do you see in the dark, when you go from a lighted room into another, darkened room... If you need more than a few seconds to make out one thing from another, your sight is weak...

And if you are driving a car at night and the strongly beaming light of another car comes suddenly upon you — do you stumble badly in your driving, and does your sight swim? If you do, then you need vitamin A...

6 - Your Hair

If the locks of your hair fall limp after a rain, you doubtless need calcium...

And if your hair is jet black, do not neglect your bowels.

7 - Your Nails

There are white spots on your nails? Then your liver is out of order...

And if your nails are quick to break, your nervous system is bad, and you need a great deal of rest...

And if your nails are hard, rejoice: you will reach your ninetieth year.