Eureka Reporter | 1906-05-11 | Page 4 | No Sentiment in Sighing

NO SENTIMENT IN SIGHING simply caused desire for more breath says a phy the sigh which from titan imme and by all the boeti whoever sung has been regarded as a matter of sentiment and connecter el with the emotions is declared by physicians to be as purely a physical phenomenon as Is the sneeze or cough A well known doctor of this city speaking of this the other day explained that the sigh is nature s method of making one take a deep breath when the lungs have been gettin insufficient air a sigh Is the means ty which they are replenished or when the air has been impure the sigh which one often takes in stepping out into the open air is from the same use the doctor admit tf that people sometimes sigh from sorrow or other mental but maintained that this Is partly because it has been accepted as the expression of grief through ages as long as kissing and handshaw hand shak ing have been accepted as signs of affection or friendship another rea son why a sigh follows a sorrowful thought is that such thoughts are often concentrated and intense enough to cause insufficient breathing when the lungs suffer or a certain time from this insufficiency the sigh follows sighs are often caused too says the same authority by certain sorts of indigestion