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War Surgery and Medicine

Physical Exercises

Physical Exercises

Arrangements were made to have men suffering from hernia undergo a course of physical exercises to strengthen the abdominal musculature, both before and after operation. This was found to shorten the period of convalescence, and was thought to make recurrence less likely.