Sex efficiency through exercises : special physical culture for women / by Th. H. van de Velde ; [photos, by E. Steinemann].

lifts her arms—which must be fully stretched not bent at all at the elbow joint—to slightly over the level of her shoulders. As she lifts her arms, she should breath inwards, and as she exhales, she should let her arms sink down again parallel to her thorax. Repeat this exercise three or four times. The patient ought gradually to be able to lift her arms against constantly increasing pressure. After this exercise, the arms should be swung to and fro, or shaken loosely, like the legs after Exercise 28 and the " Scissors," etc. (b) As in (a) till the patient has lifted her arms level with her shoulders, breathing inwards and with her palms down- wards. The instructress clasps the inner surface of the patient's arms above the elbow with each hand and presses backwards, while the patient breathes out on a hissing note between her teeth, and brings her arms forward and together till her palms touch, keeping them level with the shoulder line. Then breathe in again and move the arms backward without counter-pressure and repeat the exercise. (c) As in (b) with this one difference : the thumbs should be uppermost and the palms towards each other, i.e., forwards. (30) Arm Flexion against Imaginary Pressure. (a) This exercise can also be performed in the seated posture. Hold the left arm stretched out sideways level with the shoulder and palm upwards. Then draw down the arm from the elbow joint downwards slowly and resisting a very strong imaginary pressure till the hand meets the shoulder; as this is done the wrist will form a right angle to the outer surface of the lower arm. This wrist flexion is gradually decreased until the hand rests on the shoulder. Then the lower arm is completely relaxed. Stretch the arm sideways again and repeat the exercise, keeping the arm level with the shoulder—it must not hang down limply and obliquely. Practise alternately left and right. (b) Instead of stretching the arms sideways, they can be stretched forwards. (c) Instead of moving each arm alternately, practise them together simultaneously,