The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
AIDS WORK.
Athletes Derive Benefit from
This Source After Exercise.


New Haven, Conn.-The expert.
ments which have been carried on for
q year by d.. william G. Anderson.
director Of the Yale gymnasium, prove
that there II q new field for the use
Of oxygen in relieving heart and lung
distress In physical exertion. accord
ing to the report Dr.. Anderson has
just made public.
The report II divided into two parts.
One relates to the extensive expert
ments performed on Yale athletes.
More than 600 were examined and the
effects Of oxygen on their hearts was
studied. This report 10 now In the
hands Of Prof. Russell H. Chittenden.
director Of the 0hsfheld scientific
school. and win not be published IN
details for several weeks.
Its conclusions are not so decisive
a. those from the experiments made
on athletes In mountain climbing. The
series II detailed In the story Of the
ascent OF the three Mexican volcanic
mountains Orizaba, 1879 feet In
height: Popocatapetl. i7.7s4 feet. and
Ixtacchuitl, 17.476 feet. The Mexican
guides who accompanied the party
had never before been able to ascend
the last-uamed peak.
Eleven persons took part IN the
trip. which was made in the last
Christmas vacation. Joel Ellis Fisher.
Jr.. Of New York city. Yale student.
financed the undertaking. Use was
made Of oxygen during the ascent and
II signally relieved the distress. 20
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
flrst at the "Huts Of Pallegallinas.
about $4,000 feet above the surface
Of the sea, and then at the Caves of
Cholula," 13.400 feet above the sea.
In the first contest Il was not deemed
advisable to try anything more siren.
uous than the 100-yard dash. although
the athletes upon whom the tests were
made wore the heavy uniform Of q
traveller. A q result Of the tests DR..
Anderson reports:
have no hesitation in saying that
the dyspnoea caused by high attitudes
IL very materially alleviated by oxy'
gen.
Oxygen reduces the pulse rate Il
taken before the run or II taken be
fore and after the exertion. The gas
greatly relieved the dyspnoea which
was evident after each run. II oxy
gen il not taken. the heart rate II
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. II also reduces the number Of
heart beats quickly. The walk. with
out the use of oxygen. Quickens tbs
action OF the heart noticeably. II thu
gas was not inhaled after this effort
the heart did not return to its norma
beat 30 quickly.
DR.. Anderson throws light on thu
use Of chocolate as food by his ex
periments. He used II In climbing
one mountain. and found that It af
forded 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 Ia expected to follow
| the publication OF DR.. Anderson's re
port. The experiments are expected
| to rey0lutionixe mountain climbing
and to make accessible many peak
| never yet climbed.