Judge — February 8, 1913 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Deep Breathing By D. O, HARRELL, M.D. (ee we must all admit that deep breathing is a very desirable practice. Furthermore, we know it to be a fact that not one person in twenty, or perhaps one person in shundred, really breathes deeply. Every phy- jan can verify the statement that we are y called upon to prescribe drugs for ailments that owe their cause directly to insufficient and improper breathing,—Oxygen Starvation. Breathing is the Vital Force of Life. Every muscle, nerve cell, in fact every fibre of our body, is directly dependent upon the air we breathe. Health, Strength and Endurance are impossible without well oxygenated blood. The food we eat must combine with abundant oxy- gen before it can become of any value to the body. Breathing is to the body what free draught is to the steam boiler. Shut off the draught, and you will kill your fire, no matter bow excellent coal you use. Similarly, if you breathe shallowly, you must become anaemic, weak and thin, no matter how carefully you may select your diet, I might continue indefinitely to cite exam- ples of the great physiological value of deep breathing. For instance, it is a well-known fact that intense mental concentration and nerve strain paralyze the diaphragm, and great breathing muscle. This depressing con- dition can be entirely counteracted through con- scious deep breathing. The main benefit of physical exercise lies in the activity it gives the lungs. What we term “lack of healthful exercise,’’ in reality means insafficient lung exercise. Since few persons have the strength and endurance to exercise violently enough to stir the lungs into rapid action, common sense dictates that the lungs should be exercised independently, through conscious breathing. Exercise that fails to ex- cite vigorous lung action is of little real value. Unfortunately, few persons have the slightest con- ception of what is lly meant by decp breathing. Infact, few physicians thoroughly understand the sc. Ask a dozen different physical instructors to éefine deep breathing, and you will receive a dozen different answers. One tells you it means the full expansion of the chest, another tells you it means abdominal breathing, the third declares it means dia- phngmatic breathing, and so on. In the end, one becomes thoroughly confuses 1 justly forms the opinion that most teachers of physical culture are incompetent to teach deep breathing. Recently there has been brought to my notice a brchure on this important subject of respiration, that to my knowledge for the first time really treats the subject in a thoroughly scientific and practical miner. I refer to the booklet entitled, ‘Deep Breathing,"’ by Paul von Boeckmann, R. S. In this treatise, the author describes proper breathing, so that een the most uninformed layman can get a correct idea of the act. The booklet contains a mass of com- mon sense teachings on the subject of Deep Breath- ing, Exercise and Body Building. The author has had the courage to think for himself, and to expose the weaknesses in our modern systems of physical culture. Ibelieve this booklet gives us the real key to con- stitutional strength. It shows us plainly the danger of excessive exercise, that is, the danger of develop- ing the external body at the expense of the internal ly. The author's arguments are so logical it is self-evident that his theories must be based upon rast experience. Personally, | know that his teach- ings are most profoundly scientific and thoroughly practical, for | have had occasion to sce them tested faa number of my patients. The booklet to which I refer can be obtained upon ment of 10 cents in coin or stamps by addressing . von Boeckmann directly at 1363 Terminal Bldg,, 103 Park Ave., New York. The simple exercises he describes therein are in themselves well worth ten times the small price demanded.— Ade. In the Museum of Valentines. By HARVEY PEAKE. PersonacEs: An attendant. A man with a red tie. A man with side whisk ers. Accynic. A woman with a para- dise bird. The attendant (showing the visitors through)—‘‘Ladies and gentlemen, we will begin with the first example of all valentines. You will observe on the wall at your right the heart missive of the stone age. It is, as you see, a huge block of granite, weighing about half a ton. And you may easily read in its cuneiform inscription this touching verse: The rose is red, The violet blue, Sugar is sweet, And 80 are you. It is agreed by scholars generally that of all the ancient literature that has been preserved for succeeding genera- tions, nothing has been known more naive or spontaneous than this immortal chunk of prehistoric heart throb.”’ The red tie—‘‘If a girl was much of a belle, she got enough of these chunks to build a bungalow, probably.” The cynic—‘* Yes; and could use them effectively on the sender's head after marriage.”’ The paradise bird—‘‘At any rate, just too cute for words!’" The attendant—‘'The iron age comes next, with its valentines in the form of rudely modeled hearts and doves that were the terror of the parcel postman of that date. The side whiskers— And, by the way, can you give me any information as to the laws governing the parcel post of that period?”’ The attendant—‘‘Sure! The zone sys- tem was used; but it was much simpler than it is to-day. The Post-office De- partment only had to bother with three zones—the frigid, the temperate and the torrid.”” The paradise bird—‘‘Oh, how per- fectly cute!"’ The attendant—‘'The third period of the valentine was the bark period, so called not only because of the material of which the missives were made, but because of the fact that dogs were in- vented about this time, which made it difficult for swains and postmen to de- liver the goods.” The cynic—‘A good antidote for puppy love.”” The paradise bird—‘‘Well, of all cute’’—— The attendant—‘‘Corin, Chloe, Phyl- lis and Daphne next appear, with their crudely written verses, in which ‘tru’ the Tighent Sacce nese? Then Read This Off Learn law in the greatest law school for home study in the world, Many brilliant lawyers gtdied aw at home, Qur coun PRES RS fea have buen legally. SSCs a NeEritolt anaeond SoBplete lafermation. Our ‘Great t Scholarship Offer! Offer! 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