The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-12

paper SeEV1cep 0SU WGSS M&UA1UM
Street, Chicago III.
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST PNEUMONlk
In view Of the fact that ], Ol
Doc Brady, do not believe any one
Is more likely to get pneumonia or
any other respiratory infection
("cold" to you, simple) as q con-
sequnece Of exposure to cold, wet,
draft, insufficient clothing, chilling,
sudden change, dampness OF similar
hardship or discomfort, you may
not consider my personal i1otipns
about the prevention Of pneurnOnta
worth your consideration. I'm only
a plodding door-to door, ordinary
medical practitioners obviously /
can hardly be expected to know
much about such things.
In a preceding talk I outlined
the present prophylactic technique
Of the best physicians - use Of
suitable masks by those attending
the pneumonia patient, soap and
water cleanliness and care In han
ding patient and utensils and in
disposing of sputum, reasonable
isolation Of patient.
Isolation Of the patient means In
this instance permitting no one to
approach tlnmasked within cough,
sneeze or conversational spray
range.
And that's the first precaution I
myself take against catching pneu-
monia or any other respiratory IN
lection. I always endeavor to avoid
approaching within effective range
Of the scoundrel who pprports to
have a "cold."
The second prophylactic preeau-
ton I myself believe in Is. Belly
Breathing. Natural breathing, In
other words. There isn't room here
to describe 1t. If you care, to try
it, send stamped self addressed en-
velope for Pamphlet Belly Breath
ing" sa- s,.
The third precaution which be-
lieve builds and maintains the
highest degree of immunity against
the cri Common respiratory illfec.
tons from pneumonia to simple
coryza) is good nutrition and es-
pecially regular intake of optimal
rations Of vitarnin B complex, Vita
min D and vitannin A.
Finally is It just another notion
of mine that one Is less likely to
develop pneumonia If one unbends
a bit every day, or preferably sew
eral times a day. Simplest way to
do so is by rolling half a dozen
somersaults first thing every morn
ing, and now and then through the
day when you get all balled up or
annoyed by something or at q loss
for an idea or a bit thick in the
head. Mind, though, I'm not adj
vising any old stiff to attempt Web
sterian somersaults. Webster and !
are still at loggerheads. In my
kind of somersault you never for
an instant lose contact with the
ground. Even so, I warn all and
sundry that any reader who elects
| to try the stunt does so at his or
her own peril. I merely state that
| in my opinion turning a few
somersaults a day helps keep nasal
congestion away. Such nasal or
"hypoStatic" congestion Of the
lungs, ase doctors sometimes call 1t,
commonly accompanies the Stagna-
ton of blood in the great splanchnic
pool, that vast network Of blood
vessels in the abdomen where as
much as quarter Of the entire
volume Of blood Of the body may
stagnate when the individual Is too
sedentary, too dignifed. too mac
tive. General exercise, and when
that is not possible then belly
breathing and somersaults both
help to get that stagnarit blood
back into circulation.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Terrible
Belly breathing puts me to sleel