The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-09-17
INcoMMoDED By suPERFLUous FAT.
The Causes of Corpulcnce-A Deficiency
of Oxysen-A Weak Heart.

of Oxysen-.A Weak Heart.
The condition known as corpulence, Ot
obesity, consists in a tendency to the for
nation and deposit of fat. y certain,
amount of this deposit is normal 1t is AL
element Of beauty, rounding out the form.
1t lessons the effect of sudden changes at
temperature. 1t is reserve of ilutri-
ment to be drawn upon in emergencies,
thus saving the muscles and other tissues.
Some persons inherit a tendency to H..
Some races are more liable to it thar.
Others Women are more so than mcli.
Both sexes are more inclined to it after
the age of 40. There are individual cases
of extreme obesity. A boy at the age OF =
weighed l4 pounds: a girl, 1s2. at u. y
woman who was thin and delicate at II,
| t:ied at II with some eight inches of fat
around her body. The famous Daniel
Lambert's maximum weight was 1:'o
pounds. Much the largest part of the
| body in these persons was pure fat.
In all cases of obesity there is a deflc
iency of oxygen in the blood, either abso
iutely or relatively to the amount of food.
Excess of food tends to produce it, and
yet some are corpulent ON spare diet.
Lack of exercise favors it, by lessening
the oxidation of the tissues. 1t is also
produced by diseases which diminish the
number of red blood corpuscles. 1t is the
latter that absorb oxygen from the in
spired air and convey it to the tissues.
According to Quain, very corpulent PEG.
pie have large hearts and small lungs.
This may help to explain the deficiency of
oxygen. 1t has also quite recently been
proved that women have fewer, by many
millions, of red blood corpuscles than men.
This too may be one reason for their
greater tendency to corpulence
AS the muscles become infiltrated with
tat, they are weakened. Hence corpulent
persons are apt to be indisposed to active
exercise For the some reason the heart
Is rendered feeble and is easily disturbed.
The deficiency of oxygen tends to the for
nation of uric acid, and hence to the pro-
duction Of govt. The very corpulent are
specially liable to various forms of con-
'gestiOn, and acute diseases are apt to have
an unfavorable course.
In treating the corpulent, regard must
be had to the fact that their heart is weak.
The main reliance for reducing the obesity
Is on diet and exercise. The latter in
creases the power Of the blood to take I'M
oxygen. The more oxygen one can receive
the better, if kept well within the person's
strength, and the capacity of 4 weakened
heart. The diet should contain but little
fatty or starchy food, and much animal
food-lean meats, fish, but not the richer
Kinds; also fresh fruits, vegetables and
bread, with only q moderate allowance of
butter. Alkaline water is believed to he
helpful.-Youths' Companion.
Boycottimx Among Little school Girls.
In large cities, of late years, parents
have been greatly annoyed by boycotting
among little girls. Any number of scri-
GUS neighbOrhO0d quarrels have grown
out of this practice. A little girl Is sud-
denly boycotted by order of leading mind
IN the circle, and henceforth for months,
sometimes for years, no other little girl
Will play with the victim. Is the new
generation of women to be so cruel as this
all the way through life?
It Is difficult for parents to take cogni-
zance OF matters seemingly SO small, yet
the family OF the wee victim Of one Of
these boycotts can" not but feel strong
desire to champion the cause OF the little
one. So far the only known remedy has
been to move away from the locality. We
suggest to. parents that they take pains to
stop this Practice. 1t reduces the value of
homestead. The boycotted child has no
hope OF reinstatement. 1t Is almost in
credible that brats of q to9 years should
wage remorseless exclusion against an
utterly unoffending playmate, but there
are thousands Of instances of the thing in
every city.-The Current.