The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25
DEEP BREATHS CURE
DR.. Topham'S Manner of Prevent
ing Consumption'S Ravages.
IS RENDERED HARMLESS
THIS HEALING METHOD Is EAST
LY ACQUIRED.
DR.. Topham Tells How Wonderful
self-cures May Be Effected By
Simply Inhaling Sufficient Oxygen
Helpful Use of a Straw-Won-
derful, But Simple.

derful, But Simple.
| There is no reason why any ore Shout,
die of consumption. and if people onl,
knew how to breathe no such diseas-
would exist.
l assert emphatically that consumption
may not only be avoided by those VIII,
have what is called constitutional ten
dency TO it. but that the disease may b,
checked and the lungs restored to theil
normal functions even after the tubercu.
lar bacilli have begun their work of de
struction.
Statistics show that about one-seventl
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 &c
tose who have, or think they have. weak
lungs.
Such people swallow large quantities OF
COD liver oil, creoSote, and the various
other preparations supposed TO heal dis
eased lung tissues; they spend hundreds
OF thousands of dollars in doctors bills;
they become so alarmed at their condi-
tons that they become afraid to take a
good long breath for fear of further irri-
tating the diseased contents of their mar
row chests: when If they would throw
their nostrums out of the window. send
their doctor about his business. take Il
thorough course in physical 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 bacilli that can
only live and thrive in unhealthy and en-
ervated lung tissues.
WOMEN THE WORST OFFENDERS.
Not one person in ten knows how to
breathe properly. Women are the worst
offenders
OF tight clothing and through habit the
majority of them only initiate a few inch
es at the top of their lungs, letting the
lower part lie motionless and inert The
residual air in these unused air
cells becomes Initiated, dead and poison
Gus. Then the blood. not being properly
aerated in its passage through the lungs,
is loaded with impurities and the brain,
not being sufficiently nourished by this
impoverished blood supply, becomes slug
gisn and the victim loses energy and in
tereSt in life.
Physicians have often remarked the OK
like submission of consumptives TO their
disease. They listlessly drop their hands
ana accept their condition as the doom
meted out to them by an offended God
This state of mind. alternating with fits
OF unreasonable hopefulness. 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 / mean. The lung substance is very
light and spongy. as full of tiny holes as
a bundle OF fine lace. The venous blood,
which has become loaded with carbonic
acid gas in its passage through the body,
goes to the lungs to be aerated and rem
dered pure again. That process is accom-
plished 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 proper
ly aerated. but must be sent out through
the body again. still burdened with its old
load of impurities. and mind and body
suffer alike for want of nourishment.
MEDIUM IN THE WORLD.
There is no medicine so cheap as pure
air and the tubercular bacili have no
more powerful foe. These germs fin0 their
way to the III gs. no one knows whence
get a foothold, and finding a cOngenial
soil in the sluggish lung tissue of the
person who does not breathe deeply
enough to keep his lungs in a healthy con-
dition. they quickly multiply and spread.
These bacilh have tendency to pack
themselves into the air cells one on toU
Of another. till they form a solid mass.
As this mass prevents the air from get
ting into the cells. the affected tissue
soon decays and breaks down, leaving
cavity in the lung which gradually grows
larger unless the spread of the bacilli can
be checked.
l. 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 looSenS the
hold of the bacilli. which are then eX-
PEELED by eXhaiation or eXpectoration- The
lung tissue thus stimulated begins 10 do
It's part in throwing off these parasites.
and the pure oxygen draws into every
part of the lungs by this deep breathing.
once more does its normal work in
carries its fresh. pure current TO the
brain and other parts of the body. slim
Mating and vivifying every organ.
BEGINNING THE CURE
This habit of deep. full breathing is
me of the simplest things to acquire. and
f persisted in will make any narrow
.hested. weak-lunged man or woman feel
IF life. When people come to me TO be
reated for lung trouble, ! put them
through a course of physical training,
beginning with the breathing exercises,
vhich are the most important of all.
If tha patient is woman | encourage
Ter to wear clothing comfortably loose.
90 as to allow full expansion OF the
over part of the lungs. Then | show her
low to breathe. As most women habitu-
lily use only the upper part of the lungs,
have my women patients begin by
ris slowly expanding the diaphragm
md filing the lower part of the lungs.
hen the upper part, till every cell is
ull; then exhaling very slowly through
he slightly opened mouth. When the
ungs are apparently emptied of air. |
Ihow the patient how to draw in the
muscles of the abdomen and contract the
ungS still further forcing out the large
quantity of residual air which always re-
mains even after an ordinary expiration.
At first these breathing exercises may
,e decidedly painful. and If so. person
hould always stop just short of the point
where pain begins 1t Will soon be oh
erved that with each effort to breathe
leeply the unpleasant sensation comes
ltogether. while a free. exhilarating, eX-
lltant feeling takes its place.
These breathing exercises should be re-
'eated at short intervals many times dur /
ng the day, always taking care that the
ir in the room is fresh. After q few !
lays the patient VIII find herself breath |
ng with her whole lungs almost uncon- |
ciously. There are several minor breath |
ng exercises. but the one just mentioned. |
persisted in. viii work wonders in u |
cry short time.
ADVOCATES THE BICYCLE.
Where the process of breaking down of |
ne lung tissue called consumption has |
ctuaily begun. advise the Datient. if |
ne coolest lionths OF winter. though this |
not always Necessary. / am also a /
trong advocate of the bicycle. because, |
for no other reason, the exercise makes |
person puff and blow. drawing the air |
nto the lungs and forcing il out again. |
There is a simple little device which | |
ave found very beneficial in some cases. |
is little tube which can be placed IN /
he mouth. and after the air has been !
lhaled through The nostrils. il can ba |
cry slowly eXhaled through the tube.
nc specific benefit of this device comes
rom the fact that It is impossible 10 eX-
ale snddenly thFpugh the tube. and The |