Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
Consumption and bronchitis.

We commence today series of extracts from
the lectures of Dr. Robert Hunter-the distin.
gthshed lung specialist-on the Progress Of Med
ical Science in the Treatment Of Lung Complaints.
They will be- continued from week to wee s and
ought to prove of great interest and value to the
public
The lungs are the great vital centers Of the
body on which the health and proper action Of
all other organs depend II we cease to breathe
for but five minutes, dead at the end of
that time In rare and exceptional cases the
flame Of life can be rekndled by artificial respi-
ration, but, as "a rule people sound ami well
when suffOcated are dead beyond restoration at
the end of ive minutes Have you ever thought
why this Il: 1t l. because the functions Of every
vital organ stop the moment we stop breathing
Breathing makes the heart to beat. the blood to
circulate and he brain to send forth sensation
ana motion TO the entire body.
The lungs the brain and the heart, constitute
the tripod of life, and while they act we cannot
die The heart depends on the lungs for its
power to circulate the blood, and the blood de
ponds on the lungs for its publication. Poisonous
carbonic acid Is formed in the blood by the
healthy and natural action Of the organism, and
must be expelled by the act of breathing. This
is Gods appointtd way of keeping blood
pure. If we stop breathing we retain this
bunic acid IN the sl stem and five minutes &C
cumulates enough to ~ ison our blood and stop
the whole machinery of life.
Hence all affections OF the lungs are serious
because they diminish the purity OF our blood
and in the same proportion injure our general
health Take for example cold which intiames
the air passages anu tubes Of the lungs, swells
their mucous lining, contracts the size of the
tubes through which breathe, and obstructs
them by viscid secretioIs Of mucous As We
cannot breathe through tubes that are narrowed
INSTRUCTED by mucous as well as through those
that are open and free so every cold while IL lasts
lessons our brt athing according to its severity,
and IN the same degree diminishes the purity OF
cur blood. hurts our circulation, clogs the action
OF the heart and irritates the brain and nervous
system
Every disease which injuriously affects the
lungs begins first in the mucous lining Of the air
passages-nose. throat. and bronchial tubes
This membrane is exposed to every change In the
temperature Of the air and TO smoke, gas, dust
and all irritating and noAous matters floating In
it, which all act directly on the breathing organs
Oftrtpeated and long continued irritation of
the mucous membrane gradually develops into
chrome bronchitis condition Of the lungs
fun Of interest because SO often mistaken and so
liable to be mistaken for consumption, the most
dreaded Of lung diseases
tSignedl ROBERT HUNTER, NJ. D.. Specialist
OF throat and lung diseases. III West Forty fifth
street, New York
NO1E-Readers of The Vermont Phoenix who
desire to know more about the treatment of lung
complaints will receive Or. Hunters books Civ
ing all particulars. free 10y applying to him at
III West Forty fifth street, New YORK.