The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-08
ncommopE0 BY sUPERFLUoUs FAT.
The Causes Of CorpuIence-A Deficiency
Of Oxvgen-A Weak Heart.


The Causes of CorpuIence-A Deficiency
Of Oxygen-A Weak Heart.
The condition known as corpulence, or
obesity, consists in a tendency 10 the for
nation and deposit Of fat. A certain
amount of this deposit is normal 1t Is an
element Of beauty, rounding out the form
It lessons the effect of sudden changes OF
temperature. II is a reserve OF nuCri-
naent TO be drawn upon in emergencies,
thus saving the muscles and other tissues.
Some persons inherit tendency 70 IL.
Some races are more liable TO IL than
others. Women are more 50 than men.
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 124 pounds; a girl, 1872, at II. A
woman who was thin and delicate st IS,
died at Al with some eight inches Of fat
around her body. The famous Daniel
Lambert's maximum weight was 739
pounds. Much the largest part of the
body in these persons was pure fat.
In ali cases Of obesity there Is de1c-
iency of oxygen in the blood, either abso-
lutely or relatively to the amount of food.
Excess of food tends to produce it, and
yet some are coTpulent on a spare diet
Lack of exercise favors it, by lessening
the oxidation of the tissues. It 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 20 the tissues.
According to Quain, very cOrpulent peO-
pie have large hearts and small lungs.
This may help to explain the deficiency Of
oxygen. It 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 n cDrDnlpncp
AS the muscles become infiltrated with
fat, 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 so have
an unfavOrable course.
In treating the c0rpulent, 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 up
oxygen. The more oxygen one can receive
the better, if kept well within the PERSONS
strength, and the capacity of a 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 moderate allowance of
butter. Alkaline water is believed to be
helpful. ouths Companion.
BOycOtting Among Little School Girls.
In large cities, of late years, parents
have been greatly annoyed by boycotting
among little girls. Any number OF seri-
Gus neighbOrhoOd quarrels have grown
out of this practice. A little girl is sud-
denly boycotted by order Of a 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?
1t 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
a homestead. The boycotued child has no
hope of reinstatement. 1t is almost in
credible that braUs of to 9 years should
wage a remOrseless exclusion against an
utterly unOtfending playmate, but there
are thousands of instances of the thing in
every city.-The Current.