The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-26
CURING CONSUMPTION.
ABOUT ONE SEVENTH OF THE HU-
MAN RACE DIE OF LUNG TROU-
BILE IN ONE FORM OR
ANOTHER.

DR.. II. w. TOphRm, "a Well Known
Physician of Brooklyn, Asserts
That the RRvages of the Dread
bacillus of Pulmonary TubercuIO-
sis May BE Not Only Avoided But
Rendered Harmless by "a system
of Deep Brenthing-Few Women
Breathe Properly.
New York, Feb. A--There is no reason
why anyone should die of consumption,
and If people only knew how to breathe
no such disease would exist
assert emphaucally that consumption
may not only be avoided by those who have
what is calledsa constitutional tendency to
it, but that the disease may be checked
ana the lungs restored TO their normal
functions even after the tubercular baeilli
have begun their work of destruction.
Statistics show that about one-seyenth
of the human race die of lung trouble, in
one form or another. The fact that such
vast number of lives are sacrificed
every year through the effects of improper
breathing should be warning enough TO
| tnOSG WHO nave Vi Niilllh lAlCy AidNGs Ntdh
lungs.
| Such people swallow large quantities of
cod liver oil, creosote, and the various
other preparations supposed to heal dis
eased lung tissue; they spend hundreds or
thousands of dollars in doctors bills; they
become so alarmed at their condition that
they are afraid to take good long breath
| for fear of further irritating the diseased
contents of their narrow chests, when, If
they would throw their nostrums out of
| the window send their doctor about his
business, take a thorough course in ply
| steal culture, and fill every inch OF their
! contracted, abused lungs with pure life
| giving air, nature would herself come TO
their rescue and help them shake off the
| bacilh that can only live and thrive in
unhealthy and enervated lung tissue.
Women the Worst Offenders.
Not one person in ten knows how 10
breathe properly. Women are the worst
offenders in this respect for on account
of tight clothing and through habit, the
majority of them only initiate a few inches
at the top of their lungs letting the lower
part lie motjonless and inert The residue
air in these unused air cells becomes
vitiated, dead and poisonous. Then the
blood, not being properly aerated in it's
passage through the lungs is loaded with
| impurities, and the BRAIN not being suffi-
GENTLY nourlshed by this impoverished
blood supply, becomes sluggish and the
victim loses energy and interest in life.
Physicians have often remarked the
ox-like submission of consumptives TO
| their disease. They listlessly drop their
hands and accept their condition as the
doom meted out to them by an offended
God. This state of mind, alternating with
fits of unreasonable hopefumess. is the
| direct result of a badly nourished brain.
| A brief explanation of the way the
| blood is aerated in the lungs will show
| just what l means The lung substance
is very light and spongy, as fun of tiny
! holes as bundle of fine lace The venous
| blood, which has become loaded with car
bonbc acid gas in its passage through the
body, goes to the lungs 10 be aerated and
| rendered pure again. That process is ac-
complished in this way: The walls of the
blood vessels in the lungs are full of tiny
| holes, which while they are too small to
| allow the red corpuscles to escape, are yet
| large enough to permit the carbonic acid
| gas to be thrown off into the lungs and 10
admit the pure oxygen in its place. IT,
through defective breathing, but a few
inches of the lung substance Is supplied
with air, then The blood cannot be prop
the body again, still burdened with its old
load of impurities, and mind and body suf-
| fer alike for want of nourlshment.
The Cheapest Medium in the world
There is no medicine so cheap as pure
air, and the tubercular baciAi have nc
more powerful foe. These germs find their
way to the lungs, no one knows whence. AZ
first there may be only a few which get
| foothold, and finding a congenial soil In
the sluggish lung tissue of the person who
does not breathe deeply enough to keeI
his lungs in a healthy condition, they
quickly multiply and spread These beeill
have a tendency to pack themselves into
the air cells, one on top of another, till
they form a solid mass. AS this mass pre-
vents the air from getting into the cells
the affected tissue soon decays and breaks
down. leaving a cavity in the lung which
gradually grows larger unless the spread
of the bacilli can be checked
If the wasting process has not already
| gone too far, Il can assuredly be checked
by forcing pure air into every sluggish
unused cell of the lungs, and stimulating
them to perform their normal functions
The thrush of air gradually loossens tht
hold of the bacili which are then expelled
by exhalation or expectoration. The lune
tissue thus stimulated, begins to do its
part in throwing off these parasites, ano
the pure oxygen drawn into every part Of
the lungs by this deep breathing, once
more does it's normal work in aerating the
blood supply, which in turn carries its
fresh, pure current to the brain and othel
parts of the body, stimulating and vivy-
flying every organ
beginning the Cure.
This habit OF deep, full breathing, Is one
| of the simplest things to acquire and u
persisted will make any narrow chested
| weak-lunged man or woman feel as if they
had been drinking of the tabled elixir OF
|