The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-15
EASY WAY FOCURE THEBLUES
IT'S THE PORTAL VEIN, IT SEEMS,
TH2T cAUSES MELANCHOLY.

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Remedies 10th Paulck 10 San'Pte.
If YOU have the blues. 10 your train Snd-
denly feels "overRuIl with smptinOss. wy
this. Tut both hands. Une over The ether,
on your abdOInen just below the navel
and press as hard 40 you cun without cAus-
ing pain. Then push your hands upward
till they touch the ribs. Repeat this move
ment fifteen or twenty times.
Il 10 pretty certain hat ut tLs end OF tho
experiment your view uf the world viii
have grown brighter. There are several
ways similar in nature to produce the same
result. but this one 10 the easiest and
quickest. All IL does 10 to restore TO general
circulation a surplus Of blood accumulated
by the portal vein ut the expense Of the rest
Of the organism.
For in such congestion some doctors
have discovered a cause Of brain tug nnu
melancholy not SVEN dreamed of bythe gentle
Robert Burton when he wrote his Anatomy
OF Melancholy In that work six non-nae-
ural-that ID, not i-nbred-causes OF mental
depression are mentioned-namely, faulty
diet, digestion, air. exercise. sleep and per-
turbation Of mind.
Until recently science had not been able
TO add much to that list. Nor was It able
TO improve materially the list Of principal
remedies given by Burton. and including
these items: praye medicine. rcctifica-
ion OF diet. good air. travel. exercise. and
"mirth and merry company
One Of the first indications that "a seventh
cause OF melancholy might be found. al
though not discovered by Gallon. Jcan
Fernel. Cratic or any other ancient authority
quoted by Burton. is given by DIR. Christian
Wilhelm Hufeland, a German physician.
who more than a hundred years ago wrote
a treatise on tho art Of p~rOlOnging HE,
calling it "Makrobiotik." He says in his
book that one of the best remedies for a
h~ypoohondriac tendency is to rub the abdo-
men for fifteen minutes with the pnlm Of
the hand or a wOOllen rag. .
II is now nearly twenty years since DIR.
J. II. Kellogg OF Battle Creek. Mich. fOund
himself puzzled by the failure OF his reno
dies to work u complete cure in the cascs
of certain neurasthenic patients. IL took
him a couple OF years to discover the cause
and to prove il. Then the remedy was self
evident.
Thus it happened that when some years
ago a professor in one Of the Eastern uni
versities went to DIR. Kellogg with a com
plant that he was growing old az the ago OF
&C and that probably his diet was respon-
sible for this premature senility Dr. Kellogg
rsjOinod:.
"Something else than diet is the matter
with you--look at that WaistcOat OF yOursl'
The professor. taken unawares, looked
guilty downward. although sure that
nothing was to he seen there that could be
termed a bay window. instead he saw q
number Of creases and folds running cross
ways over the front Of the lower part OF the
waistcOat.
Yes. that's Just it," said DIR. Kellogg.
following the glance Of his patient. You
are always bent double whenever you have
a chance-standing. sitting, and even in
bed. I should think. Now lie down on this
table and III show 0 what will happen
to YOU"
his back upon one Of those long legged
couchea tina you see I'm clinics and doctors
offices. Then DIR. Kellogg went through
the operations described above, n in five
minutes the fastener thought that he had
never felt so happy or efficient IN All MS
life.
His ioy was still more increased when
The doctor gave him a belt that looked
"a il il had two buckles instead Of one IN
front. Back Of the buckles wore springs
when DIAUtu NuNnI AAaiinN tHN ''hS
when the belt was put on. .
The inwardness of the trouble ns we'll
rs Of the cure was explained 10y DIR. Kellogg
at the time. lie explained II To many menu
hers 81 his own profession too. But owing
to the belIer that no man could possibly
lie ut once "A Seventh Day A~dventft-
which Dr. Kellogg IL and a good phySICion
his discovery was ignored mostly.
About "A year AFRO DIR. Abrams Of San
Francisco happened in the course of his
Investigations upon The same truth which
had becOIne evident to DIR. Kellogg earlier.
and he published a book called The bIues.
in which he set forth the direct connection
between a ;Sr sOmhre outlook on life. or
an unwarFnnteGlg fntigrlGd brain. Pnd CON
g..stion II the blood in the portal VEIN
And now science MAS taken notice, 40 that
The prevalence Of the blue color in this
world NAV in the near future cease.
The portal vein combines into one vessel
several smaller ones coming from the
stomach. the pancreas and the gall bladder
and carries the combined flow OF blood
into the liver. II has been called the
largest vein i'm the body. and its capacity
il said To be sufficient when strained Il
hold at once practically every drop Ol
blood contained in the system.
Cases are on record OF persons who have
bled to death although not a drop Of blood
| appeared outside the body. Autopsy proved
that the blood had been drained into the
| portal vein and held there. This rein II
llRO remarkable DeChuSe III stIuCtuTt hnt
| many characteristics il has as much II
| com:i,on with the arteries a. with veins
I clearly recognized as such.
The flow to and from that vein Ii regulated
by a nerve which orders it's contraction 81
d~istention. IL is the assertion OF DIR. KEEL
lo2g and DIR. Abrams that a constant main
tenance OF a cramped mp position, whether
in standing OF in sitting, leads 10 the weak
mini OF that nerve so that IL practically
ceases TO do service, with the result that thu
blood is allowed freely 10 flow into the pOrta
vein without being properly forced out o
Il again.
The mischief lone is a double one. FoI
not only are the brain n other outlying
parts Of the body deprived Of their propeI
share Of the life giving MUD, but the actor
Of the liver becomes hampered.
Anybody who has had occasion to vary
some mental pursuit with bodily exercis'
at "A iuncture when his powers seemet
10 he waning must have noticed the revivs
not only Of energy hut OF fancy. The OK
PLANTATION is simple whatever motions n
had gone through, particularly IL he had d
GO out into the open air. started the circula
ton anew and brought a fresh supply o
blood 10 the brain, whieh was all that OrgaI
wanted.
Believers in this theory point out tina
neurasthenics invariably show round back
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