Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

Properly raercisod Is wit Prevent or no
tnrd reimnmnry Amaciicrr.


Properly r1orcieod rs wit Prevent or ne.
tnrd D. aimnnary Ansctionr.
Dr.. Mays viii be surprised at the in
ference which some paragrnphor haa
drawn from his paper In the August
Century On breathing Movements as n
Cure" which inference IL to the effect
that the w~earingof corsets prevents con-
sumption ia women and Is therefore n
strong point on tho side Of those who
wish 70 and 10 wear these articles OF
clothing.
Although this conclusion Is possible
perhaps from the premises presented, it
Is a hasty and surface one, admitting
wide qualification, and, moreover, II in
PRODUCES an issue upon which the paper
does not bear Ia any degree. In his re-
searches for data upon his subject DR..
Mays secured tracings Of the breathing
movements Of several classes Of women,
full blooded Indians, partially and semi
civilized and civilized, getting results
proportionally different.
de found that the civilized woman,
accustomed for GENERATIONS to restrict
ing clothing, uses the upper part Of her
breathing apparatus more thoroughly
than her savage or semieavage sister OF
than do men.
And a. we are ell supplied with more
lung surface than We habitually need, il
chances that tho portions left unemploy-
ed by Indian females and men. but per
force brought into service by the corset
wearing woman, is the upper part OF
apex Of the lungs.
And this, it seems, sthe most common
seat and genesis of pulmonary troubles.
Now, as the most reliable statistics
show that women enjoy a greater i'm
munity from consumption than men, a
connection between the two facts is sug-
gested. 1t is not established or even
positively assumed.
But it is just here that some careless
reader and hasty writer has seized upon
and made his ''point'-viz, that corsets
prevent consumption.
The faulty nature Of such an argu-
ment Ia favor Of lacing is quickly APP
parent to any one who win finish the
paper. All the serious vices Of the habit
remain unmoved by it, and It's accidental
virtue, as DR.. Mays points out, though
not in this Connection, is readily gained
in a much better way.
The fact which the paper does bring
out is the value Of right breathing as a
means TO avoid and retnrd pulmonary
affections. The author suggests some
simple exercises that any mother will do
well to have carried out in her family Of
children. The best Of these is to swing
the arms backward on u level with the
shoulders as far as possible during each
inspiration, bringing them together in
front on the came level during each x
piration, or to bring the hands slowly to
the highest point above the head during
inspiration, letting them fall gradually
to the side as the breath exhales. The
caution is added that a deep breath must
DO taken and slowly expelled to make
these operative.
another very serviceable chest exer.
else" says the paper, 'is to take a deep
inspiration, and during expiration count
or sing as long as possible. A male with
a good chest capacity can count up to &C
or 80, while in a female even with good
lungs this power is somewhat reduced.
Practice of this sort will slowly develop
the lungs, and the increased ability to
count longer is a measure of the improve
ment going on within the chest. Or,
again, the taking of six or eight full and
deep breaths in succession every hour
during the day, either while sitting al
work or while walking out in the open
air, will have a very beneficial effect. -
New York Times.