The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-13
THE CAUSE OF BADNESS
A NEW THEORY THAT CAD BREATH.
INC IS RESPONSIBLE.

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That badness Is merely n matter Of
breathing Is n theory which has been
promulgated by DR.. Dclos l.. Parker.
of Detroit. Mich. Dr. Parker. who IL
lecturer on matcria mcdica In the De.
troit College of Medicine. has made n
series of Interesting experiments In
support of his hypothesis. the results
of which he gives AT length in the
Medical Record.
DR.. Parker believes that mir which
IL drawn into the lungs and allowed
to remain in the air cells there Is de.
composed Ivy the moist warmth of the
body, throwing Off Il poison. "lricho-
toxicon," into the blood. which causes
the hair to fall out. The reason why
badness Is SO much more common
among men than among women, he
| says, IL that the habit of wearing cor.
sets forces women to use the upper
part of the lungs in breathing. and II
II there that the hair poison Is chiefly
generated.
In order to prove his theory. Dir.
Parker had bald headed mel cxlialc
their breath into u vessel free from
air. and 1t was transferred into bottle
partly filed with water. After per.
hitting it tn remain in the bottle long
enough TO imprcgnatc the water with
the hair poison the water was injected
under the skin of dogs. hens and
pigeons. The result was that the hair
OF the dogs and the feathers of the
hens and pigeons fell out while the in.
jections Were continued and grew
again when they ceased.
Millions OF tiny hollow spaces known
as air cells" occur in the lungs. They
vary In size from one two.hundrcdth
to o"ne.scvcniicth OF an inch In diane
ter. 1f they could all be opened and
spread out they would cover an area
from 100 10 100 times greater than the
area OF the skin. These air cells are
gathered into groups less than an
inch In diameter, and each group is
connected with the bronchial tubes.
Owing to this arrangement air may he
taken into and expelled from some Of
the groups OF air cells while It remains
A'p''Voh's' VI N'ukhuul III olIltTS.
When the ribs which enclose the IN.
per portion of the chest are raised
md lowered In breathing air Is taken
into m expelled from every part OF
the lungs. because all the ribs are CON
nected. and the upper one cannot be
raised without raising the lower ones.
thus expanding the entire cavity.
Women usually employ this method of
breathing, but when the lower ribs
are raised 1t does not follow that the
extreme upper ribs must move, too.
DR.. Parker also points out that In or.
binary breathing only one-slxth of the
air In the lungs Is driven out with
each breath. The mir expelled from
the lungs contains very small quaint.
ties OF organic matter. as well az hy.
drogen. and marsh gas has been estab.
lislled by research. From birth TO
death the lungs are never entirely
empty OF stagnant air containing these
substances.
Persons who lead sedentary lives are
especially likely 10 become bald. be-
aust lack OF exercise reduces the
amount of oxygen obtained by the
blood and tends to prevent full breath
ing. The habit of bending over desks,
which contracts the upper parts OF the
lungs and keeps them contracted. has
the same enect. In old age badness
becomes quite common because the
ribs grow more rigid and are less
easily moved.
When Dr. Parker began his cxperl.
ments he obtained from n middle.
aged man who had long been bald, a
large bag full Of expired air. This
was transferred TO II bottle partly
hlled with water. and placed In an In
cubator. where 1t was kept for ten
days mt n temperature of nincty.eight
degrees. Injections OF the impreg-
mated water were made daily In a fox
terrier and a hen. After fourteen in.
JectlOns tho dog commenced to lose Its
hair and the hen its feathers. After
hfty-two injections large bare patches
were visible on both subjects.
Neither subject showed any signs Of
disturbed health during the progress
OF the experiments. The dog played
as usual. and seemed to be In good
spirits, while the hen continued TO lay
eggs. Their weight remained un-
changed. After the injections ceased
a new coat OF hair covered the bare
patches In tie Cog and the hen got
her feathers back.
Convinced that his theory was cor.
rect, DR.. Parker determined TO make n
new set OF experiments. In October of
last year. First he obtained the breath
or a man who was not bald, then he
filled a flask with the breath of a man
who was bald, and finally one CON.
talnlng ordinary atmospheric air. All
these were placed In the incubator TO
allow decomposition to take place. In
this experiment he used one fox ter
rier. five hens and five pigeons, all
fully grown.
Injections into the dog from the two
TASKS OF expired air. one from a bald
man and the other from u man not
bald, had the same effect ms I'm tho