The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-04-02
By DIR. HUTCHINSON
Eminent Physician, Whose Sensible Dis
courses Health Are Widely FoL0Ued)
Mans Closely Related Mind and Body Parcel Post System Easily
Upset by the s-Ber or Grouchy Feelings Anger Sud-
den SURPRISE Send In Their Bills to the Body in Terms of md
geStion In Forty-Fve Seconds
geStion, In Forty-Five Seconds.

! geStion, In Forty-FiV
TARD feelings. like hard-boilod
eggs, are bad for the
digestion. It 10 quito true
that tho way to . mans heart 10
through his stomach. but 1t 10
equally true that the way to q
mans stomch ia through his heart.
In the sense that bitter or grouchy
feelings Of any sort send IN
their bill to the body in terms OF
indigestion. In the sour all things
turn sour.
This marvellous man machine OF
ours u built curiously all Of ono
piece. Mind and muscle.' body
and spirit. fuel and feelings are no
closely related a. heads and tails
Of the Same coin. They act and
react upon each other until 1t 10
hard to say which has the moro
powerful influence.
On the one hand. we know quite
well that certain Of our feelings,
such a. tiredness and hunger, are
due to chemical changes which
have taken place in our blood and
in our muscles. On tho other hand.
stroug feelings, such - anger.
sudden surprise Or tho "bluos,"
viii set up chemical changes In
eur blood and our nervous system
which VIII throw our whole body
machinery out Of gear.
OUR MAIL SYSTEM" BODIES.
IN An earlier day we used to put
down al these frictions and inter-
fsrsnoss and short-circuitings to
CUR telegraph nervous system. ana
that was complicated. mixed up
and oriss-crosswise enough In all
conscience. But now We know
that, In addition to our govern
paent-owned system Of wires flash
Ing messages all over the body. We
have q parcels post and free deiiv-
FRANCES called harmonies. carried
svsrywhsre In tho blood a. 1t pours
through the arteries and veins
throughout tho body which convey
Information and orders Of tho liver
in the center. for instance. tho
muscles Of the limbs at the out
posts. and tho control station OF
the brain at headquarters.
This may sound like rather slow
delivery. but a. the blood Will
nuke the entire circuit Of the body
from tho heart and back to the
heart again In about forty-five SEQ
onds the messages sent In these
hydraulic tubes mako vastly bet
ter time than the average district
messenger boy.
POISONS AND BREATHING.
At meal time. for instance, some
Of the most quickly soluable and
tasty extracts Of our food are
picked up by the blood vessels In
the mouth. swept down to the
heart and shot all over tho system.
When in the course Of . few Sec
onds they reach the cells and the
glands of tho pancreas and the
intestines they tell them what
kind of food IL coming by present
Ing them with . sample. 30 to
speak, and stir them UP to prepare
the proper kind Of Juice for its
digestion.
The best known Of these So
called hormonss u the one which
controls the rate and depth Of our
breathing. This u tho well-known
carbon dioxids. or so-callsd car
bonio acid, which furnishes the
s.fiz1' 1t our soda fountains, for
instance, and u ono Of the most
abundant waste substances In our
blood.
Juss - soon a. this waste poison
rises above . certain percentage in
the blood. ~ It passes through our
lungs, It becomes Irritating to tho
breathing center In the lower part
Of the brain and this promptly
Gives orders 70 the muscles Of the
chest to breathe quicker and deep
-.
A. sooa - this quicker breath
ing has gotten rid Of enough car.
BEN dioxids to bring It down to it,
natural lsvsa In the blood. then the
esntw Of the brain u no longer
stirred uD b. the impure blood
yassing through It and allows
breathing - drop to the natural
rata,
LUNG SAFETY VALVE.
SO delicate 10 tho adjustment Of
this breathing center that An In
Grease of . very few parts per-
thousand Of carbon dioxids In the
blood will start 1t to blowing off
steam in this safety-vaive fashion
BY quick breathing.
Now consider what takes place
when We are suddenly startled by
the sight Of q street car collir'on
or the bang of . loud explosion.