The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-10

only, and then only through
his column.
birth to old age, day after day,
night after night at a very con-
slant level in health between SO
and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
1t huctuates very slightly dur
ing the "a hour period from low
point at the time of the lowest
bodily vitality during the middle
OF the night to high point in late
afternoon, but this variation is not
more than one or two-ffths Of a
degree. Any record out of the
range 90 TO 80 is an indication Of
some trouble. Babies and children
are more subject to temperature
changes than adults.
So too the pulse keeps a steady
grind in health. Ninety-nine per
cent Of adults have a pulse rate
Of 72 minute in health. Children
are often little higher. The one
per cent Of the population not in
cluded in the above estimates may
have a naturally slow, or a natur-
ally high pulse, but the extreme
variations are not beyond 60 and
100.
Changes in Pulse
The pulse is, of course, notably
more easily upset by physiological
variations than the bodily temper
AZURE - any exertion will do it,
simply the response of the heart
to the necessity Of the tissues for
more oxygen when bodily exertion
Is begun. Another indicator about
the pulse is its rhythm. In health
with remarkable consistency in
different individuals it is regular.
The respiration-rate and depth
and regularity of breathing i is
another fundamental body func-
ton that tells US much. But it is
not nearly so we'll standardized as
body temperature or pulse. By
that mean there is more variation
in the respirations between indi-
viduals. / have been interested in
the reports on the breathing pat
tern made by DR.. L. j. Caughey,
Jr., of Columbia University.
DR.. Caughey made an analysis
Of 500 women and 200 men. As TO
rate Of breathing he found the
average of the women was 14.6
hreaths per minute and the men
1871 per minute. But the variations
in individual cases was consider
able. Some women breathed as
slow as 5 breaths a minute and
some as fast as 32. The extremes
OF the men was about the same.
Depth of Breathing
Depth of breathing is about II
per cent Of the estimated vital ca
pacity in both sexes, but this var
led in different individuals from 5
to 25.
In many people there is q de-
monstrable pause after all the
breath has been expelled before
the next inspiration has begun.
But this is by no means universal,
being absent in IL per cent Of
women and So per cent Of men
Breathing is interrupted by
signs or swallowing in about half
of all, IS per cent of women sigh
ing once to seven times a minute.
We all swallow about once a min
ute.
Irregular Breathing
Irregular breathing is common
er than regular by twice as much.
Sixty-four per cent of women and
70 per cent Of men breath irregu-
larry, hold the breath at times in
pauses whether awake or asleep.
So don't worry too much if when
watching someone you love while
asleep, the breathing is irregular.
A common symptom with nerv-
Gus people is feeling of inability
to get air clear to the bottom of
the lungs. 1t doesn't mean any
thing in most cases, but it results
in a habit of taking long breaths
and signing which may lead to
some physiological mal-adjust-
ment. BY concentrating the effort
on increasing the depth of inspi-
ration there is an unsatisfactory
emptying of the lungs during ex-
piratien. AS a result the volume
Of residual air is increased, the
amount Of air which can be taken
into the lungs even with maximal
muscular effort is reduced, muscle
soreness is aggravated and the
feeling Of inability TO take a deep
breath is intensified. These peo-
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