Note 549 — Chapter XIV · THE JUMP AND HALTERES
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Caelius Aurelianus, De morb. acut. et chron. v. 2, 38. Such sufferers are to be given “wax to mould, or manipuli, which athletes call halteres, to hold, and to move, either of wax or of wood, at first with only a little lead, afterwards gradually increased in weight.”