Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
GOOD IN COLD AIR
WINTER WEATHER STRENGTH
EMS HEART AND LUNGS.
Makes the Blood Richer and Rids the
System of Poison-More
Oxygen for Body. -
From Good Health.

From Good Health.
Cold, fresh air has special value because
1t stimulates the organs and all the flnc-
tons of the body; it quickens the heart to
the greatest activity, and increases the
number of red corpuscles in the blood. Cold
air also contains more oxygen to the cubic
inch than does warm air. The volume of
air Is reduced one-five-hundredth part for
each degree Of reduction in temperature.
Consider the difference between hot sum-
mer day with a temperature of 1907 and a
winter day at 30. Even a moderately cold
winter day marks a difference of TO-. So
the air has been reduced one-seventh Of it's
volume, and in six breaths Of cold air one
gets as much oxygen as he would in seven
breaths of warm air. Hence the body takes
In one,seventh more oxygen in cold weather
than In warm weather. This increased
amount of oxygen taken into the body is
matter Of great consequence. This is why
one feels better in cold than In warm air.
ing creates a splendid appetite for break
fast, for the same reason that the fire burns
brighter on cold winter night. When the
fire burns with particularly bright glow,
people are wont to say: winter is coming.
See how bright the fire burns!' This is due
to the increased amount of oxygen in the
air. The fire burns brighter and faster be-
cause 1t has one-seventh more fuel supplied.
brighter in cold weather. The whole tide Of
life moves with greater activity. Cold air
aids in the elimination of the poisonous
matters which are all the time forming
within the body. When oxygen is not plen-
tiful enough to make the vital fires burn
sufficiently to consume the fuel and waste
of the body, then much of the waste mate
rial is left behind in the form of imperfectly
burned substances, which may be called
cinders Of the body. Uric acid is cinders
Value Of Oxygen.
las the result of sedentary habits there
is not sufficient oxygen taken into the
lungs. The lungs do not expand as they
ought to- so enough air is not taken In.
Then the overheated air is diluted, and one
must breathe seven times to get as much
oxygen as he would get in breathing six
times out of doors, and so, breathing only
imperfectly and slowly, because he is not
active, the amount of oxygen taken into the
body is insufficient. One exercising vigorous
iy in the cold air out of doors breathes
more rapidly, obtains a larger supply of
oxygen, and the rubbish Of the body-the
uric acid cinders-is burned UP, and the
whole system is kept clear
This is why cold air Is so beneficial to
nervous people. The oxygen in the air
burns up the poisons which irritate the
nerves, and the person is relieved.
When one is tired he gets rest quicker
by breathing fresh, cold air; because wearf-
ness and exhaustion are due simply to an
accumulation of poisons and other waste
matters generated by work and retained in
the body, and these are burned up by the
oxygen taken in through cold air.
The cold air cure Is coming to be recog-
nized as the most effective for invalids. At
Davos, up among the Alps mountains, there
is an establishment for cold air treatment.
Each patient is expected to take a treat
ment three times daily consisting in lying
outdoors from half an hour to an hour, ac-
cording to his strength. Every one is COM
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night also, for the windows are never al
lowed to be closed in that establishment,
and yet tha winters are severe. But with
plenty Of warm coverings, and a hood over
fiance to Jack Frost while they inhale the
life-giving oxygen of the cold, fresh air.
This institution is becoming world-famous
for the cure of consumption.
Consumption Durable.
Twenty years ago this disease was con-
sidered incurable, but 1t is now regarded as
one of the most durable Of chronic diseases
when taken In the early stage. Fully one
half of the patients suffering with tuber-
culosis, when placed IN out-of-door hos
pitfalls. make a satisfactory recovery. 1t is
reasonable. therefore, to suppose that If
fresh air will cure the disease, 1t Is like
wise preventive of 1t.
Many people delude themselves into the
beaef that an accumulation OF garments
will prevent their taking cold. Artificial
clothing Is necessary, but any more than is
needed Is Objectionable.
Out-of-door exercise and fresh air are
most effectual means, not only of creating
ar, appetite, but of encouraging assimila-
ton. Food may be taken into the stomach
without being taken into the blood: and
after 1t gets into the blood 1t may be cir
culated and yet not be utilized by assimila-
ton. Many people say: II have a good
appetite 1 eat heartily, but don't gain in
flesh" This Is because the food Is not well
assimilated. Assimilation is the process by
which food materials are transformed into
living, active, thinking. moving substance.
Cold air, sunshine and exercise are among
the most effective means of stimulating
this process of assimilation. Appetite Is
simply a demand for new material. 1t
says, 1.-THE body has suffered loss. and that
loss must be replaced"
1t is important. too. that one have plenty