Show consumption cured liy by swinging dr lawson of holbok mass writing in the springfield republican argues strongly in favor of the use of the swing as a remedy for diseases of the lungs particularly consumption the method which he recommends is to lo sa suspend pend a rope from some elevated point with a stick attached to it some six or eight inches above the head bead the stick should be some two feet in length and the rope attached to its centre the patient grasps the stick with a band on each side of the rope and raising himself from the ground by his arms arm sw swing ing backwards and forwards commencing nen cing moderately if easy arid and gradually increasing the exercise as he be acquires ac quires the strength the doctor contends that the muscular attachment tach ment connecting the arms vv with ith the ribs rib through this exercise elevates the ribs and expands the lungs increasing the volume of air thereby purifying the blood and a lid preventing congestion or the deposit of any matter there is 13 certainly ceita sense in the I 1 ties idea and in in this country of aulmon pulmonary ar diseases disease it deserves attention that f following ing dr lawsons prescription would be infinitely better than to fill the stomach ata quack no strums cannot be for a moment loment doubted we believe that regular practice of this and similar exercises calculated to developed dev elope the physical power would mould do mote moie top to prevent if not to cure disease than all the medicine in the world dr lawson says he has prescribed the a SH mg ilig remedy to for five J ears cars and has been able to increase the measure of the chest chee from two to four inches in a few months and that the result has baa always been good |