Show jOEEP BBrATHS CURE t I Dr Tophams Manner of Prevent I lug Consumptions Ravages + IS RENDERED HARMLESS THIS HEALING MOD I EASILY EASI-LY ACQUIRED Dr Topham Tells How Wonderful Selfcures May Be Effected By Simply Inhaling Sufficient Oxygen Helpful Ttee ofa Straw Wonderful Won-derful But Simple + There Is no reason why any one should die of consumption und If people only knew how to breathe no such disease would exist I assert emphatically that I emphatcal consumption may not only bo avoided by those who have what is called a constitutional tendency ten-dency to I but that thedlstase may be checked and tho lungs restored to their normal functions even after the tubercu lar bacilli have begun their work of destruction de-struction Statistics show that about oneseventh of the human race die of lung trouble in one form or anoticr Tne fact that such a vast number of lives are sacrificed every year through the effects of imircoer breathing shouM be warning enough to lose who have or think they have weak lungs I Such people swallow large quantities of cod liver oil creosote ali the various other preparations supposed to heal diseased dis-eased lung tissues they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in doctors bills hey become so alarmed at their conditions I condi-tions that they become afraid to take a good long breath for fear of further Irrl tatlngthe diseased contentsof their narrow I nar-row chests when if they would throw their nostrums out of the window send their doctor about his business take a thorough course in physical culture and I till every Inch of their contracted aoused lungs with pure lifegiving air nature would herself come fettlihnJr rescue and I help them shake n the bacilli that can only live and thrive In unhealthy and enervated en-ervated lung tissues I tssues WOMEN THE WORST OFFENDERS I Not one person In ten knows how to breathe properly Women are the worst offenders In this respect for on account of tight clothing and through habit the I majority of them only inflate a few Inches Inch-es at the top of their lungs letting the lower part He motionless and inert The I residual air In these unused air cells becomes vitiated dead and poison out Then the blood not being properly aerated Is loaded In with Its passage Impurities through and the the lungs brain not being sufficiently nourished by this Impoverished blood supply becomes slug gisn and the victim loses energy and interest I In-terest In life Physicians have often remarked the ox I Ilke submission of consumptives to their disease They listlessly drop their hands I and accept their condition as the doom I meted out to them by an offended God I This state of mind alternating with tits of unreasonable hopefulness Is the direct I result of a badly nourished brain j A brief explanation of the way the blood Is aerated In thu lungs will show just what I mean rime lung substance Is very light and spongy as full of tiny holes asa as-a bundle of tine lace The venous blood which has become loaded with carbonic acid gas In its passage through the body goes to the lungs to be aerated and rendered ren-dered pure again That process Is accomplished accom-plished in this way The walls of the gl gl blood vessels In the lungs are full l of tiny holes which while they are too small to allow the red corpuscles to escape are yet large enough to permit the carbonic acid gas to be thrown off Into the lungs and to admit the pure oxygen in its place I through defective breathing but a tvr inches of the lung substance Is I suppllel tt lh tI r lt with I air i then the blood l cannot be properly proper-ly aerated but must be sent out through the body again still burdened with its old load of impurities and mind and body I suffer alike for want of nourishment CHEAPEST MEDIUM IN THE WORLD There is no medicine so cheap as pure air and the tubercular bacilli have no more powetful foe These peims find their way to the lu gs not one Knows whence I At lirst I here may be only a few which j I 1 get a foothold and finding a congenial soil in the sluggish lung tissue of the I person who does not breathe deeply enough to keep his lungs in a healthy condition con-dition they quickly multiply and spread These bacilli have a tendency to pack themselves into tho air cells one on tou of another till they form a sold mass As this mass prevents the air from getting get-ting Into tho cells the affected tissue soon decays and breaks down leaving a cavity In the lung which gradually grows CavltJ largerunless the spread of the bacilli can bo checked K the wasting process has not already gone too far It can assuredly be checked by forcing pure air into every sluggish unused cull of the lungs and stimulating them to perform their normal functions The inrush of air gradually loosens the hold of the bacilli which are then expelled ex-pelled by exhalation or expectoration The lung tissue thus stimulated begins to do its part In wing off these parasites and the pure oxygen draws into every part of the lungs by this deep breathing once more does Its normal work In aerating the blood supply which In turn carries its fresh pure current to the brain and other parts of the body stimulating stim-ulating and vivifying every organ BEGINNING THE CURE This habit of deep full breathing anl l fm 1e lerRini one of the simplest things to acquire and If persisted In will make any narrow chested weaklunged nan or woman feel a if they had been drinking of the elixir of life When people come to me to be treated for lung trouble 1 put tnem through a course of physical training beginning with the breathing exercises which arc the most important of l If tha oatient Is i woman I encourage her to wear clothing comfortably loose so as to allow full expansion of the lower part of the lung Then I show her how to breathe As most women habitually habitu-ally use only the upper part of the lungs I have my J bre patients begin by drawing IP the breath through the nostrils nos-trils slowly expanding the diaphragm and fllllns the lower part of the lungs then tho upper part till every cell Is full then exhaling very slowly through the slightly opened mouth When the lungs are apparently emptied of air I show the patient how to draw in the muscles of the abdomen and contract the lungs still further forcing out the large quantity of residual air which always remains re-mains even after an ordinary expiration At lirst these breathing exercises maybe may-be decidedly painful and if so a person should always stop just short of the point where pain begins It will soon be observed ob-served that with each effort to breathe deeply the unpleasant sensation comes later and after a time It will disappear altogether while a free exhilarating exultant ex-ultant feeling takes Its place These breathing exercises should be repeated re-peated at short intervals many times during I dur-ing the day always taking care that Ihe air in the room is fresh After a few days the patient will find herself I breathing breath-ing vlth her whole lungs almost unconsciously uncon-sciously There are several minor breathing breath-ing exercises but the one just mentioned if persisted In will work wonders In avery a-very short time ADVOCATES THE BICYCLE Where the process of breaking down of the lung tissue called consumption has actually begun 1 advise the naticnt if possible to cek a mid cllmato during the coldest Months of winter though this is 1 not always necessary 1 am also a strong advocate the bicycle because If for no other reason the exercise makes a person puff and blow drawing the air Into the luncs and forcing It out again There Is a simple little device which I have found very beneficial in some cases I is a little tube which can be placed in the mouth and after the air has been Inhaled through the nostrils It can be I very slowly xlu lcd through the tube Tne saecinc iienellt 01 tnls device comes I from the fact that i is impossible to cs I hale suddenly through the tube and the air Is allowed to remain In the lungs long enough to properly do Its work of purification puri-fication of the blood Jf one cannot readily read-ily get one vt these tubes a large straw will amriVxr the purpose cults as well There Is l Wlru thing fU want to touch upon that is the esc rcisiug of the solar plexus I is most Important not nly ill pulmonary troubles but in all kinds of nervous disorders The solar plexus Is an Imoortcnt nerve center located n he region of the stomach fio much depends upon the proper action of this bundle of nerves tliut i has been referred to by some writers a the second brain The person should lie perfectly Hut on the back relax every muscle in the body for a moment then rapidly and strongly raise and lower the diaphragm about 1 score Of times This exercise stimulates kJh Ti the brain and nervous system to a ic markable degree and the effect of the brain and mind on the oJy opeis rp I practically limitless ted f < T speculation and experiment But thats another I thats story as Kipling would say T AV TOPHAM M n |