The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-28
OXYGEN AIDS WORK
Athletes Derive Benefit from
This Source After Exercise.
Or. Anderson OF Yale Gymnasium
Gives Results Of Experiments in
Relieving Heart and Lung Die
tress In Physical ExertIon.

New Haven, COnn.-The expert
ments which have been carried on for
q year BY Dr.. William G. Anderson,
director Of the Yale gymnasium, prove
that there Is = 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 is divided into two parts.
One relates to the extensive expert,
mentsi performed: on Yale athletes.
More than 600 were examined and the
effects Of oxygen on their hearts was
studied. This report is now in the
hands of Prot. Russell H. Chittenden,
director Of, the Sheffield scientific
school. and will not be published In
details for several weeks.
: Its conclusions are not so decisive
~ those from the experiments made
ION athletes in mountain climbing. The
series is detailed in the story Of the
ascent Of the three Mexican volcanic
!mountains-Orizaba, 1879 feet in
height; P%opocatapetl, 1874 feet, and
I'lxtacchuitl, 17.476 feet. The Mexican
guides: who accompanied the party
had never before been able to ascend
the, last-named peak.
Eleven persons took part in the
trip, which was made in the last
Christmas vacation. Joel Ellis Fisher.
,,Jr., Of New York city, a Yale student.
financed the undertaking. Use was
made Of oxygen during the ascent and
It 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 $4,000 feet above the surface
Of the sea, and then at the Caves Of
Cholula." 13.400 feet above the yea.
In the first contest it was not deemed
advisable. to try anything more siren
uous than the 100-yard dash, although
the athletes upon whom the tests we're
made wore the heavy uniform Of q
traveller. AS a result of the tests DR..
Anderson reports:
! have no hesitation in saying that
the dyspnoea caused by high attitudes
10 very materially alleviated by oxy-
gen.
Oxygen reduces the pulse rate II
taken before the run or If taken be-
fore and after the exertion. The gas
greatly relieved the dyspnoea which
was evident after each run. If 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 of
heart beats quickly. The walk, with
out the 8 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 70 quickly. \
Dr.. Anderson throws light on the
use Of chocolate a. q food by his ex-
periments. He used it in climbing
one mountain. and found that it at.
forded decided nourishment. This re.
port upsets the claim Of several stu.
dents Of an athletic diet.
General 8 of oxygen in the han.
ding Of athletes IL expected to follow
the publication Of Dr.. Anderson's re.
port. The experiments are expected
to revolutionize mountain climbing.
and to- make accessible many peaks
never yet climbed.