Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
BREATHING DURING SLEEP.
Exercise, Compelling Deeper Inhala-
ton Mt NIGHT. Valuable.


ton at Night, Valuable.
The Importance of proper respiration
| during sleep is dwelt upon by DR.. ]. II.
kellogg in an article on Unconscious
| Respiration" contributed to Good
Health. Dr. Kellogg notes that during
sleeping hours the breathing movements
are more superficial and slower than
! when one is awake and active. The
lungs influence the activity of every or
| gan and every cell in the body, and con-
| sequently lessened breathing during
sleep slows down every function. He
goes on:
1T is necessary that activity should
be lessened in order that sleep and rest
may be secured, but the work of the
| liver, kidneys, and the repairing work
of the living cells goes on during sleep,
and this requires oxygen. Hence the
| body should be supplied with an abund-
ance of fresh air during sleep by proper
ventilation of the sleeping rooms. The
| lassitude experienced on rising in the
| morning after sleeping in close, over
| ltdleu IOOLu Is eNlueice VI the iuJuIy
resulting from such practice The tenn
| perature of the sleeping room should
never be above go degrees F. when q
| higher temperature can be avoided, and
lower temperature VIII be found ben
efcial. Sleeping in cool air, provided
the body is kept warm, is far more re-
freshing, invigorating and energizing
than in warm atmosphere. Cold air
has a tonic effect upon the tissues
which is highly beneficial
The amount of air taken in during
sleep may be remarkably increased, DR..
| kellogg goes on to say, by developing
the vital capacity and the activity of
the lungs through suitable ex ercise. He
says:
IAN eminent French psychologist
| found that the amount of air taken in
| to the lungs during sleep was doubled
| in students whose general breathing ca
| pacity had been increased by exercise.
Exercise in a gymnasium, chopping and
saving wood, digging, laundry work,
scrubbing running of errands- sorts
of active housework and farm work
are excellent means of developing the
chest. Any exercise which accelerates
the breating, compelling deep, full
breathing, is valuable as a means for
developing the lung capacity.
"Languor, nervousness and mental
| cloudiness are driven away by the in
creased ventilation of the body secured
by deep breathing. The pure oxygen
| taken in burns up the rubbish which
obStructs the brain and the tissues. while
the deep-breathing movements acceler-
ate the circulation, drawing the impure
| blood toward the chest for publication,
and so cleansing the tissues of the par
| alyzing poisons which are sure to accu-
mulate in them unless constantly re-
moved by vigorous movement of the
| blood and energetic breathing. The
heightened color Of cheeks, the increased
luster of eye and general buoyancy of
| feeling which follow a brisk walk on a
| frosty morning are evidences of the
| benefits that are to be derived from tax
| ing into the body an increased supply
| of oxygen through active breathing.
while the lungs are to some extent
subject to voluntary control, their ac-
ton is, like that of the heart, automat-
ic. During sleep, as well as during the
waking hours, their movements are car
ried on with rhythmical regularity, ex-
cept when interrupted by speech, and
without any conscious or voluntary eff.
| fOrt''