The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-10
BELLY BREATHING IMPROVES
CIRCULATION

Purpose Of the B. B. Club Is not
to teach you how to breathe. Rath-
er its purpose is to help you correct
some Of the unnatural tricks or hab-
bits you have acquired from bad
physical education.
Properly speaking the belly Is not
the abdomen, not the stomach, but
the front and side walls Of the alb
domen. It is pertinent to note that
the word belly Is derived from an
Anglo-Saxon word meaning bag or
bellows. but let us refrain from vul-
gar wisecracks, as we circulate ex-
clusively on the other side Of the
tracks.
Regular practice of belly breath
ing, natural breathing, efficient
breathing, does lot of things for
any one. In the first place it COM
bats, even If only feebly, anoxia,
oxygen deficit, and in my opinion
that is what ails great many peo-
pie who know only that they are
not up to snuff but haven't any
clear idea what ails them. The
main causes Of this oxygen short
age, in my opinion, are ID seden-
tation, that is, sedentary habit, ex-
istence without work, play or ex-
ercise, (2) breathing air polluted
with carbon monoxide which, be-
cause 1t has greater affinity for
hemoglobin than oxygen has, dis
places or crowds out oxygen from
the red blood corpuscleS, so that
the blood cannot deliver sufficient
oxygen TO the functioning cells and
organs Of the body; and CD smok-
ing-the damage done by smoking
is actually due to the carbon mon
oxide in tobacco smoke, in my opin-
ion.
All of these causes Of anoxia, OK
ygen deficit, oxygen shortage, an
oxemia Oxygen shortage in the
blood or tissue asphyxia have
their Ill effects on even the health
lest subject. II the subject happens
to be at all anemic the Ill effects Of
anoxia are the more noticeable and
the more serious, for the lack of
red corpuscleS or Of hemoglobin
(the oxygen-carrying red coloring
matter in red corpuscles) means
the individual Is handicapped with
an oxygen deficit to begin with.
Belly breathing combatS oxygen
deficit, not so much by the increas-
ed intake of oxygen in the air
breathed, but rather by the boost It
gives to the circulation. Space lin
itations will not permit an explain
alton Of the physiological mechan-
ism by which this is accomplished
I endeavor to show how the
booster pump works in the pamph-
let Belly Breathing. available on
request If you provide three-cent-
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress.
If you find cold feet will not let
you go asleep when you hit the
cornstalks these winter nights, Just
90 into your belly breathing rou-
tine and your dogs will soon warm
up and you'll drop off.
QUESTIONS g. ANSWERS
Running Ear
Son, 10, had had running ear
since he was five years old :. I
think you gave a formula for ear
drops. (Mrs. A. McA0
Answer. Use no plug or pack
ing in ear-leave ear canal always
open for free ventilation.
2. Drop in ear night and morning
two or three drops Of solution Of
ten grains Of boric acid in one fluid
ounce Of pure grain alcohol-alwaW
warming 1t gently by standing vial
in warm water for a while before
using.
II your druggist will not furnish
the alcohol without prescription.
perhaps your physician will author
lie 1t. I cannot.
The drops may be used for months
II necessary.
Three Months In Each Season
In your yellow pamphlet about the
Iodin Ration you say to take one
drop in glass Of water each day in
each third month. Does that mean
to take it every day for a month and
then skip three months? "a. L. P)
Answer No, 1t means you take
the iodine daily for a month in each
of the four seasons Of the year. Send
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress, for instruction for Taking an
Iodin Ration"
Copyright 1914, John F. Ollie Coz
And faith holds wide the door,