New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-14
AIDS THEIR BREATHING.
RELIEVES CONSUMPTION.
DR.. Dauid Wark Describes Hoe He
Cures Victims of Tuberculosis.


DIT Davi1 Wark. Of No Sis West Forty eighth
st. has method OF treating consumption an
Important feature OF which seems 20 be manipuls-
ton % ihe lungs. Yesterday he described his
method rs toliows:
The essential factor in progressive cases OF con;
SUMPTION consists in the steady p5oane'de snos 81
IN the lungs where il destroys successive portions
The accepted treatment of consumption consists
n sanitary environment fresh ar 70 eftnn
codveT oil in some form. and various tonic RENE
These are excellent far as they GO but they Gy
ian FAR short OF abolishng the deadly process OF
result is inevitable - '''''
Whatever the diversified symptoms that are ,C op
served in different cases may be there are Tour VI
grave morbid conditions present in every [aSe %
which IS a6soutey essential to the cure this
disease These are restricted respiration d5S
o sSsc2 rG1 ~ geIr gsf3v matters
The Volume Of air breathed by consumptives in
the earliest 6etecable stages has already declined
fully one-thrd below the amount absolutely re
This notable deficiency declines steadily in direct
ratio with the progress Of the disease until res
The reduced volume Of oxygen supplied TO the
breafh.nE capacity powerfully depresses all the
vital functions, notably disorders the blood eircu
he vital 7i1id 10 leave the extremities and skin.
producing pulmonary congesuons that strongly
favor the deposit and rapid softening Of tubercu-
lar matter, accompanied by destructive liberation
Even the -tuherCula- stage nutrition is
Eously defective, ana II is much more gravely al
fault when local tubercular deposits have occurred
nourisfing food they lack the vital power to work
j. Up into the blood ana sound lung tissue; their
are gTavely detective.
DEFECTIVE ASSIMILATION OF FATS.
The digestion and assimilation of fats taken as
sooo 9y eonsHnpIlEes are notaby aisorqeIea; ana
duce fats in the system from non-fatty food ele-
The reduction of a consumptive's breathing power,
s. The first stage so that only about two-5hrds OF
the necessary volume Of air IS delivered TO the
blood. is due very largely 10 mechanical mpedi-
ments. The girth of the chest is contracted. its
wells unduy rigid and the respiratory muscles
cannot produce adequate thoracic motions; but all
which must he srecisII 9resrrjbed for and appiied
by trained assistants, under his immediate super
and safely enlarged. the hexihility Of fits walls in
creased and all the respiratory muscles inygorated
When the volume Of respired air has thus been
Increased only three cubic inches at each tranquil
hsbitualy breathed, the extra amount of air en-
tering the blood every twenty-four hours VIII
very powerful curative influence. which in a few
OF an The symptoms, both those seen by the phys-
clan and those felt by The patient Pulmonary in
and 10 the mountains to breathe air claimed to
lave special curative Nrtues but ms Is ot neces-
power breathe enough Of # is duly DEVELOPED by
if,i 100 IN IN 5 5 Il, 1Gi ti M
capacities are 50 per cent below the minimum re-
tncy 10 fan below even that
All the vital interchanges between the tissues
and the blood occur while It flows the
capillaries. Whatever limits the volume of oxygen
CAPILLARY Circulation Of the Vital ud and
internal congestOns. from which the lungs suffer
heal in this condition. just healing cannot oc-
cur in a sore finger when congested by a ligature.
untn the construction is removed and the blood is
deposit of tubercles their softening and melting
causing ACCOMMODATING
lung tissue with the general blood poisoning by the
present in the lung tissues of consumptives must
he removed. Yet the accepted medical practice
effective treatment 10 attain this necessary end
observed.
BY means Of passive movements skilfuly pre-
made to Cow with absolute certainty and freedom
congestions can be dissipated and the breatbing
powers quickly and notably increased, and the
capillary circulation can be at once stimulated to a
breathing capacity has been fully restored.
It may seem TO be excellent practice to advise
well fed bat poorly nourished invalid, who Is
food. but Of the food that goes into sick mans
stomach S only that part Which 56 is thQTogghy de
Da59nGe disorders the vital processes directly and
gested and assimilated bears a direct ratio to
The integrity Of the breathing capacity md the
completeness Of the blood circula uon. Therefore
i Is not enough 10 order an invalid good food and
and sound lung tissue as hest he can Nv skiif'IS,
gFescrlbng and Using the treatment here sketehed
patients system. TO create an enlarged demand
In the tissues ior nutritive materials to develop
n Keen appetite, vigorous digestion and active
smilation. thus controlling and stimulating all the
vital processes that lie at the foundation Of health
1ul physical life
Butter and other fats taken food serve very
Important physical purposes in promoting nutri-
ton, but the peculiar fats that vitality produced
1n the system from non-fatty food elements have
special nutritive properties very fortunately we
haVevarious medicines by which We car restore the
consumptives capacity to digest and assinilate ia
That occur IN FOOD. and what is, if possible. OF
Hnuch greater consequence that will renew the
ability TO develop vitalized fats from carbOhvdrates
aid other non-fattv food elements in the system
In conclusion, have hesitation in saving that
;f the medical profession thrOug hout the ciyIizi
world could be induced 10 adopT and TTa ctiss IT.
treatment here sketched, medicral and mechanical
Tor the cure Of chronic consumption as soor "a fts
presence can be detected, the advance In the heal
ing art would be almost If quite as grea4 q .
mat which occurred when vaccination. aDfRstbes1a
Gno surgical asepsis were discovered and adonted-
we deadly tubercuzlng processes would be STONED
damaged lungs healed. the general nutritioT no.
stored the baelIh eXtrpated. and consumptives not
only cured but rendered practically immune from
subsequent attacks with a much certainly as a.
accurate diagnosis can be made BY expert dag
In making these statements I am not advancing
crude theories. which. when practically tested un
Ger expert scientific observation Will prove useless
as SO many remedies that have been offered for the
cure or tuberculosis The statements / submit
nave occupied my attention for many years and
1 have Eketched very briefly the scientific nrinci-
PIES on which the treatment IS based but the art
OF Successfuly prescribing and APPLYING n can only
oe impaired by clinical instruction