The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-19
THE PORTAL SYSTEM

Iolroo nave dppFoAlIHdIely u pound OL DlOOQ for ten pounds, or one ounce for ten ounces of body weight. Dogs have a pound, of blood | to 13 pounds of body weight Man has pound of blood for each IA or 15 pounds of weight. Approximately quart of your gallon of blood l is in your liver, and nearly another quart in the veins of the portal system, that is the veins that convey blood from the esophagus, stom- ach, intestine spleen and pancreas to the liver. All this blood collected from the alimentary l tract enters the liver through the portal vein l and seeps through the spaces between the cells of which the great gland is composed. After "capillaries" it is again collected into veins and carried on by the great vein fvena cava) to the right side of the heart which then pumps it through the lungs.
 Accompanying the process of eating (smell- ing seeing tasting. chewing. swallowing and digestion of food) there is a normal engorge- ment congestion of the portal system, the liver. It is only with overeating too sasty eat- ing, unnatural stimulation of taste or appetite with condiments and highly cpiced foods that this engagement of the portal system becomes abnormal. It explains how overeating aggrav- ates or predisposes to stuffiness of the nose and throat or the various chronic troubles jumbled | under the meaningless name of catarrhal l trouble" It explains how the same sin aggrav- ates predisposes to hemorrhoids The blood in the portal system seeps through | the liver much as water seeps through a sponge if you squeeze the sponge and then re- | lease the pressure on it with the sponge in | contact with the water.
 | When you take a moderately full. slow, steady breath or inspiration, especially with your mouth wide open, the diaphragm Ca mus l cle) fattens down upon the liver like tar- paulin being frightened down upon "a straw stack and squeezes blood on through the liver into the great vein toward the heart Then when you let the air out again. still slowly, | steadily through the wide open mouth, with out any muscular effort whatever, the sponge | expands and draws fresh blood in from the | veins of stomach and intestine and esophagus. | Thus this natural manner of breathing, belly breathing, not only promotes better general cir- 1 culation but also aids the portal system and kind of deep breathing exercise, but only the | natural way of breathing, which call belly | breathing. Detailed instructions for practicing l belly breathing will be sent on request If you inclose stamped envelope bearing your ad- 1 dress. No clipping will suffice.
 I Bear in mind simply that each inspiration or | free intake of air has the effect on the gen. | eral circulation of a suction pump drawing the l blood from all the veins on toward the heart. On the other hand such unnatural or forcib:c | expiratory effort as coughing tends to retard | the return of the blood through the veins to l the heart.
 When l advise breathing with mouth wide | open do not mean to imply that this Is the | right way to breathe ordinarily. Ordinary quiet
 breathing should be done through the nose, of course.
 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | Brass Surgeons Take Notice | nOn-surgical biliary drainage and reg
 ulation of the diet and general habits brought complete relief to this patient. When the pa- tient came to me he was planning to undergo operation. A few years ago many such cases suits were often disappointing. q. s. R., M. D.)
 Answer-Yes, a few years ago the brass sur | geonS were plying busy trade, but the pubic | is getting more enlightened now. The ''non- surgical biliary drainage is accomplished as well by skllful manipulation of the diet as it is by more spectacular means But in more se-
 rous cases it is certainly preferable to an oper- | ation. Operators in the ''clinc" racket cut into the gallbladder on suspicion, patients pay on the instalment plan-all they've got down and as much as the executors can spare later. | June and October, What.
 Please advise whether couple with IF years difference in age should marry. (S l.. FL | Answer-lf that's all the authorities have on them, marriage isn't imperative. but I've known instances where the adventure proved a success despite such difference. 4
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 followed your Belly Breathing exercise for several months and wonder if I 0verdid 1t. noticed as inhale the air goes down too far and causes bulging i'm the lower part as in- dicated in the drawing. co. S.)
 | Answer-That is o. k. and quite as 1t should | be. People with h. b. D. and troubl. in getting to sleep nights. send s. a. e. for B. B. exercise
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 Since changed to office work have grown soft and stuHy. (S. s. C.)
 | Answer--Send dime and stamped envel- ope bearing your address and ask for "The Last Brady symphony"--exercis designed to keer you fit.
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