The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-06-05
For THE KEEosHA TELEGRAPH.
Hygiene for the PeOpIe.-NO 3.
BY C. r. BLACKALL, NJ. d


Breathing.
| Fe,o people knop ko,o to breathe! Novel Oh
startling as this thought may be to some, it is
nevertheless. strictly true. If every one would
breathe full and deeply, as God intended they
should, with each act of respiration, there
would be comparatively little work for doctors
! Let us look at the facts The principle organl
of respiration are the LUNGS, NE skin, also
| perfol ming that ofice,n certain seAse, by tht
direct absorption of impure or other gases, ant
thus mingling them with the blood. If the &C
ton of the skin were wholly suspended, or com
pletely obstructed for few hours, death would
result, in spite of any effort of the lungs. Th'
latter, however, may be much diseased, to tina
extent indeed, as to involve their whole struc
! tuIe, and yet life will continue. 1t has offer
been matter OF much surprise to me, wher
making post mortsm examinations, that life
could have existed. to any degree whatever
wi til the lungs full of tubereles, and great alb
seesses existing perhaps for months, in the yer,
center of their structure, as have repeatedly
found them, yet thus fully explaining many O.
the sad phenomena of disease. .....
No organs of the body are of more importance
than the lungs. Some others might be entirely
absent. and yet life remain. Others may be
come diseased, and yet not effect the organism
SO completely as would the lungs, under a con
dition of disease. In the economy of Nature
no act is of more importance than that OF breath
ing. because it directly affects every organ anC
structure of the body. If performed Alright, i
purifes the blood, and thus aids in maintain
ing health, and counteracts the pernicious hab
its, in eating and drinking, which SO many in
dulge.
Sir hundred millions of air cells constitute the
body of an ordinary pair of Lungs, possessing
upward of one hundred and sixty-six square
yards of pratory surface, every point of which
,rhen used p in immediate contact with the at
mosphere inspired, and the quantity ofair con
sumed daily, is, at careful though moderate
estimate, the enormous amount of about 10000
pints, or more than SIXTY hOgheGds
Nature is ever busy, with her silent forces
yet she does nothing in vain. When harmoni
GUS condition exists, all goes on smoothly, ant
without interruption, but when wrong la
been done her, by the infraction of physca
law, disturbance results which may lead Il
the death of the organism. Now if her purpos
: es would be subserved by breathing organ
only one half the capacity of the lungs theI
would they have been proportionate in size, blu
as it is, she demands that their full function b.
employed, and that constantly, and this, beinj
an Involuntary action can be accomplished jus
as well as not, and being productive of create
health, more happiness necessarily follows.
The great life current of the body; the blood
starting from the Lungs is conveyed to the ex
IRENE terminating points Of the arteries,a living
stream, leaving, in it's course, the elem ants O
> nutrition and growth whereby the function
are maintained, then returning, by anothe
set of vessels the veins, which commence wher
the others terminate, it brings the blood bac
; to the starting point, essentially dead, in ii
character, being charged with the effete or wor
out. hence dead, particles, which have been ia
ken up, in its course Now comes in the actio
of the lungs, without which, life would cease i
very few moments. Every two and one hal
minutes, all IT, blood contained in the syster
traverses the Respiratory surface, and is thus ex
posed to the action of the air, which by one Q
its elements, Oxygen, combining with th
{ carbon, or consumed portion of the structure
contained in the blood, produces what is know
as carGonic acid, most poisonous gas, destruct
i've of life, in every sense.
Now, if from any cause, the lungs do not per
form their proper Office; then the process of pu
rifcation is necessarily incomplete, and this poi
sonous elemant is retained in the system, which
in time becomes so charged with impuritie
that the usual manifestations of disease are pre-
scented, and often death follows, as a nece ssar,
sequence While the declaration at the heac
of this article is certainly true it is no less true
that very large portion of American W omer
do not allow themselves to breathe, except to .
very limited extent and the deleterious conse
quences are very apparent.
We see then, that in the most literal seust
possible, the character of our breathing will de
termne the character of our physical life, hence
the importance of giving these organs their full
est chance, that thereby the system. may be en-
abled to properly and fully perform its func-
tons, and as consequence, we may be quail
fed to LIVE in the highest sense possible, hap
by within ourselves, and of use to the world, il
our day and generation. Our next article will
contain further hints upon this subject.
The Expedition of Col. Elliott.
HALLECK'S HEADQUARTERS, CAMP NEAR
CORINTH, June g 1862.
I'm n O.. O
The following dispatch has been received
from Gen. Pope:
To Major General Halleck It gives me
pleasure to report to-day the brilliant success,
of the expedition cent out on the 2Sth ult., un
der Col. Elliott, with the 2nd Iowa cavalry
After forced marches, day and night, through E
very difficult country, and obstructed BY the en-