Evening journal., 1919-08-22
GAUGES GAUGES NAN 'SSBRAIN.
POWER BY HIS LUNGS
California Doctor Says S
Weight Must Accord With
Breathing Capacity
SHORT AIR TUBES SHOW
MENTAL PUBJLUM!IS SHY

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22-Intlmate
dialogue between the Sweet Thing OF
the near future and Dearest William,
whom she may consent to dominate for
life:
How much do you weigh, exactly,
William. dearest? Answer In pounds
please. darling.
And what is your lung capacity, my
lover state in cubic centimeters. dear"
William humbly furnishes the re-
qulred facts. scene two shows the s.
Y. T. scurrying to her private writing
desk and wrinkllng her lofty brow
over long division:
Dear Williams lungs have a ca
pacity OF 1900 cubic centimeters. DR.
vide 377O by i55, because he weighs
i55 pounds-lets see. 10 into 81 goes >
Into GO IS 4-answer, q decimal 32
Oh. dear, oh dearl ] can't marry VIII
llaml His mental capacity is below
normall
poor Willlam-and he had such a
nice noser
Then she figures that II williams
weight were only reduced 1--WE pounds
the answer would come up 10 % in
stead Of only 2i.32 which would mean
that Bits brain power was just normal
and average. So she could wed him
then. without penallzlng posterlty.
Fadeout shows S. Y. II. porting over
cookbook entitled, How To Make Hub
by Get Thin"
Above is strictly in accordance with
latest findings OF medical science as set
forth by Or. B. W. de Busk, summer
session lecturer OF the University Of
California.
Dr. de Busk has startled his classes
BY declaring that elaborate mental
tests. given by trained psychologists,
are an a delusion and waste Of time.
Given two simple facts, any kid in the
ilflh grade can figure out ones degree
Of brain power.
Here Is Dr. de Busks formula. which
he declares has been proved accurate
by on less than 10000 cases in which
the latest psychological tests were
given along with this one and two sets
OF answers were found TO tally:
Divide a mans weight, In pounds,
into his lung capacity expressed in
cubic ceniimelers
"The abnormal answer IS 25. II the |
answer is above that he is above nor /
mai in brain capacity. II below, he IS |
sub-normal."
lt holds good he says for men OF all |
weights and women, too. Brains. In |
other words. go with long wind. while !
stupidity comes from weighing too
much for your lung-content.
Or. de Busk thus explains the reason
for his astonishing discovery:
"A given amount OF physical tissue
requires a given amount OF oxygen for
ITS upkeep.
III the lungs are big enough for their
JOB. an goes well. If the lungs are too
small, 10 shows FIRST in the higher men
tai centres.
III nature has given a man lungs so |
large that they absorb more oxygen |
than his tissues need. the surplus goes 1
TO strengthen his cerebral and nervous |
action. His brain hits on all eight
cylinders.
1T is coincidence that by mixing
TWO systems Of measurement you get
convenient number like %; but it is no
coincidence that the ratio is constant
FOR men Of the same mental grade.
Our great national leaders In all
lines are either stocky men with broad
lungs, or tall men with long lungs.
They inhale a surplus Of oxygen over
their mere muscular requirements. nj
vide their lungs by their weight and
you get a higher figure than %"
There's hope for a man 20 Increase
his mental powers, says Dr. de Busk.
and he tells how
Probably nobody can actually in
crease the capacity Of the lungs given
us by inheritance, or go below his
normal weight without bad results.
Any man, however, can increase his
mental power by practicing deep
breathing until It becomes a firmly
hexed habit; also by exercising with
proper moderation so that his weight
Is kept at IFS lowest normal.
"of course. II weight and lung ca
pacity rise together, there is no gain in
surplus oxygen"
man Of midle size, say 5 geet S
inches tall, has a lung capacity of 23O
cubic inches, or 3770.5 cubic cent?
meters. (Multiply cubic inches by
1887 to get cubic centmeters.)
With a weight Of $50, stripped, this
VIII give a quotient Of 251, meaning
mat ne grades slightly above normal.
but II he weighs like poor William.
10 pounds stripped, the answer viii be
AZ. indicating a slightly subnormal
intellect.
Look out for the little man with the
nis lungs, or the tall thin man with
me long air-tubesl Such a man is a
bear
ana, by the way, how do you grader 4
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