| Show Warm Climate Slows Pulse Aids Relaxation By Dy DR JAMES W. W BARTON DARTON by Western Newspaper Union I WHEN X THEN asked why he went V V south every c winter for a afew afew few ew weeks a busy physician answered At HAt home I Iam Iam Iam am busy am TODAY'S tensed tense most of HEALTH the he time and the he cool weather COLUMN stimulates further fur- fur ther her activity I know it is good for or anyone to keep active mentally and physically but Im I'm not as young as I was and require relaxation When I go south I am away from my work which of course gives ives some relaxation but there here is something about the weather In the South that makes me content to be Idle to just sit and read or not even read I find my pulse Is slower and my blood pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure lower In the warm climate The rate at which the body processes processes proc proc- esses work would appear to be slow slow- r er in southern people peo pie than In those who live in the North In discussing the metabolic rate rate at which body processes processes processes proc proc- esses work Dr A A. A G. G Eaton New Orleans Or leans In the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine after examining 98 Dr Barton women and 62 men apparently normal students and teachers of Louisiana State Slate university New Orleans states that a new set of standards is necessary lie He found that the metabolic rate rale was about 10 per percent percent percent cent slower In these normal Individuals individuals living In the South than that given in textbooks for those living in temperate climates As the weather is always warmer warmer warmer warm er than in the North there is a general or prolonged effect upon these individuals Lessened desire for strenuous exertion and greater ability and desire for relaxation must be considered as probable factors factors fac tors in lowering the metabolic rate Whatever the cause may be the lowered heat production lessens the strain on the body's machinery for forgetting forgetting forgetting getting rid of heat and makes life more comfortable In a warm climate climate climate cli cli- mate especially hot moist nights when it is so difficult to get rid of heat from the body |
