Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-22
PLENTY OF AIR.
0ays an Eminent Physician, Will Cure
Moat Consum ptivea.

Oayo an Nm ineut Physician. Will Cure
Most Consumptives.
Whatever the symptoms may be,
&ys DIR. David Wark. a New York con-
sumption specialist. there are present
without exception In every case of con-
sumption four grave morbid cOndi-
tons. the correction of which Is alb
solutely essential to the cure of this
disease. These are restricted respira-
ton. defective blood circulation. de-
PRAYED nutrition and reduced capacity
to assimilate fatty matters.
1t IL fact well known to physicians
that plenty Of pure air Is a sovereign
remedy In the treatment OF this dread
disease. Most Of the fraternity, how
ever, advocate mountain air for for
purity. This Is where DIR. Wark differs
from his professional friends.
Briefly he holds that 1t IL quantity
more than quality OF air that the con.
sumptIve needs Air pure enough to
sustain life In lnvalids suffering from
other causes will prove sufficient for the
patient suffering with tuberculosis
II he can only pump enough Of
II into his system. But his lung
capacity IL restricted about one.
third by congestion and his blood he
comes impoverished for lack Of oxygen.
This imlairs the circulation; digestion
becomes derangetl, and collapse ID
bound to follow.
All the vital interchanges between
the tissues and the blood occur while
1t flows through the capillaries, says
DR.. Wark. Whatever limits the vol
ume Of oxygen passing into the lungs
profoundly disorders the capillary cir
culatiOn Of the vital fluid. and causes
internal cOngestiOns. from which the
lungs suffer with special severity. Dis
| easetl lung tissues cannot heal In this
condition any more than healing can
occur In a sore finger when cOngested
by a ligature until the construction ID
removed and the blood In again al
lowed to circulate freely. Therefore.
II the deposit Of tuberclee. there soft
enin9 and melting down, causing the
accompanying destruction Of lung
tissue. with the general blood poison
ing by the debris. are to he stopped
the constant congestion present in the
lung tissues Of cOnsumptives must be
removed. Yet the accepted medical
practice takes no account Of this con
ditlOn nor adopts any effective treat
ment to attain this necessary end.
Hence the poverty OF the curative re-
suits commonly observed.
BY means OF passive movements
skilfully prescribed and applied, the
with absolute certainty and freedom
to or from any organ. tissue or part
Pulmonary conditions can be dissl
pated and the breathing powers quick
~ and notably increased. and the capil'
larry circulation can he at once stimu'
lated to healthful degree OF regulated
activity before the breathing capacity
has been fully restored.
When the volume Of respired air has
thus been increased only three cubic
inches at each tranquil respiration
over and above the reduced volume
lHtDuUduN 'A'H
entering the blood every - hours vii
amount to 20 cubic feet-enough to eX
ercise u very powerful curative In
tiuence.
| In conclusion. says DIR. Wark. have
no hesitation In saying that II thu
medical profession throughout the civ
ilized world could be induced TO adop
and practice the treatment here
sketched. medical and mechanical
for the cure of chronic consumption, rs
i soon as It's presence can be- detected
the advance in the healing art would
be almost if not quite as great as tina
which occurred when vaccination
anaesthesia and surgical asepsis wer'
discovered and adopted; the deadl,
tuberculzing processes would b'
stopped, damaged lungs healed. thu
general nutrition restored, the bacill
extirpate<l. and the consumptives no
only cured but rendered practically i'm
mune from subsequent attacks with a
much certainty as an accurate dag
nosis can be made by an expert dag
nOstitian.