The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04
OXYGEN AIDS WORK
Athletes Derive Benefit fronE
This Source After Exercise.
Or. Anderson Of Yale Gymnasium
Gives Results of Experiments In
Relieving Heart and Lung Dis
tress in Physical Exertion.


New Haven, Conn.--The expert
ments which have been carried ON for
year by Dr. William G. Anderson,
director OF the Yale gymnasium, prove
that there il new field for the use
of oxygen In relieving heart and lung
distress in physical exertion, accord
ing to the report DIR. Anderson has
Just made public.
The report is divided into two parts.
One relates to the extensive expert
ments performed on Yale athletes
More than COO were examined and the
effects of oxygen on their hearts was
studied. This report is now In the
hands of Prof Russell ii. Chittenden,
director of the Sheffield scientific
school, and will not be published in
details for several weeks.
Its conclusions are not so decisive
as those from the experiments maze
| on athletes in mountain climbing The
series is detailed in the story OF the
| ascent of the three Mexican volcanic
mountains-Or izaba, 1879 feet in
height; Popocatapetl. 1874 feet, and
Ixtacchuitl, l7476 feet. The MexicafH
guides who accompanied the party
| had never before been able to asceno2
| the last-named peak.
! Eleven persons took part in the
trip, which was made in the iast
Christmas vacation. Joel Ellis Fisher,
Jr., of New York city. Yale student,
financed the undertaking. Use was
made of oxygen during the ascent and
1t signally relieved the distress, so
that the climb was made with much
greater ease than would have other
wise been possible.
! Two sets of experiments were made
in the use of;oxygen during athletic
contests. The contests were held
| first at the "Huts of Pallegallinas.
about 10000 feet above the surfacs
of the sea, and then at the Caves OF
Cholula," 13,400 feet above the sea-
In the first contest 1t was not deemed
advisable to try anything more siren
uous than the 100yard dash. although
the athletes upon whom the tests were
made wore the heavy uniform Of .
traveller AS result of the tests Dr.
Anderson reports:
have no hesitation in saying thar
the dyspnoea caused by high attitudes
is very materially alleviated by oxy-
gen.
Oxygen reduces the pulse rate u
taken before the run or If taken be-
fore and after the exertion. The gas
greatly relieved the dyspnoea which
J was evident after each run II oxy-
gen is not taken, the heart rate Is
quickened, and does not return to nor
NAL beat so quickly.
His report on the second series.
, which consisted of walks, follows
Oxygen given before walking re.
duces the heart rate. Taken after
wrad, 1t also reduces the number el
heart beats quickly. The walk, with
, out the use of oxygen, quickens the
action of the heart noticeably. II the
, gas was not inhaled after this effort
, the heart did not return to its normal
: beat so quickly.
Dr. Anderson throws light on the
, use of chocolate as food by his ex'
periments. He used it in climbing
one mountain and found that IL af
fordel decided nourishment This re;
port upsets the claim of several stu
' dents of an athletic diet.
: General use of oxygen in the han
] ding of athletes is expected to follow
: the publication of DIR. Anderson's re
Y port. The experiments are expected
, to revolutionize mountain climbing
. and to make accessible many peaks
never yet climbed.