Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-11

We were to continue our talk upon
breathing Without entering into
lengthy description Of the lungs and the
process by which the blood Is freed
from It's impurities viii in passage from
Tie lungs 30 the heart, IL will Still be
necessary 90 speak in general terms OF
THIS wonderful labor performed In
natures laboratory We 40 know that
We could not live without breathing. but
why ihis is so, IS not so well known.
Respiration IS tWoiuld IN its character
II assists iu creating heat for the body
ANA It purlhcs the blood In it, passage
through The lungs The lungs bronchial
tubes aud air cells OF the lungs. as well
ts the diaphragm aud certain muscles of
tle chc't are active IN this work. The
blood which enters into the lungs Is full
OF venous poison, which, II not gotten
~, oi would instantly aill the person
lhs poison Is cafbouic acid and is the
result II the union Of carbon withoxy.
gen We get carbon from the food we
eat, and II Is like charcoal and quite
harmless Of itself, but when united with
oxygen Il becomes deadly poison This
same poison 1t is which suliocates when
breaihcd from burning charcoal. and Il
IS tue same deadly air which we throw
Oh from out lungs, and which so often
IA poorly ventilated houses we arc com.
PEELED to breathe over and over again.
No wonder people have headaches aud
are SICK after sleeping m shut.up rooms.
or Kept in a meeting house which has no
outlet lot the thousand impurities with
which the air is loaded. We would tall
y criminal to shut people UP aud lct
fire OF charcoal burn in the shut up
rooms, but we virtually do the same
thing every day when we shut down our
windows or when we SIT IN public halls
without ventilation. The diaphragm
pressed down upon the stomach. and
thus creates vacuum In the LUNGS
which Immediately I'LL up with air. and
this we call inspiration. When the cells
have hllcd as far as they can under the
circumstances, the diaphragm springs
up, and the air is expe led. There arc
thousands and thousands Of these air
cells in the lungs that are only filed
when violent or suitable exercise is
taken. and Il these air cells are never
used, they naturally lose life aud vitality,
and the consequence is that every d.v
our lungs decrease IN capacity. Il isps
o.
lungs, by suitable exercise, and uf
course with that increase OF lungs. Il not
carried beyond the point OF reason.
there is more and purcr blood furnished
10 the system, the heart Is stronger be.
cause Of increased vgor, the stomach
which Is actively interested ia the move.
ments OF the diaphragm as well as IN the
amount and purity Of the blood received
into the system. does increased and
better work, and the line OF improve
ment is seen from head to toes of the
Can you not see how i'm.
portant Il Is that once every day the
lungs should be exercised to their ut
most capacity ior q few minutes at least2
There Is no exercise so wide reaching In
It's results as that which Strengthens and
enlarges the lung capacity. Mechanical
exercises for enlargIng the lungs are not
so safe nor so thoroughly beneficial.
useful IN their place, as Is this
one Of breathing as deeply and slowly
as is possible from twenty to fifty times
every day while IA the open air