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Show ' YOUR HEALTH ! V OR. R. H. BISHOP. j -f HIGH BT.OOD PRESSURE Hlcrh blood pressure sometimes In due to overwrought nerves or to emotional emo-tional causo3. In such case deep-'ireathlng rx-Srcises rx-Srcises may be employed to good advantage. ad-vantage. In ordinary breathing only about 10 per cent of the lung content is changed at. "a.-h breath. In de.( breathing a much larger per;entag'e Is changed, the whole lunj? Is forced Into action and there is more efficient circulation of blood in the abdomen, thus e(,ufill7.lng tho circulation throughout t boly. Breathlnpr BXOfClses should be deep, slow, rythmic and through the r.o.e, not the throat. High blood pressure mav be temporary tem-porary but should be watched in life should b reguUod according to . . rt.iln set rules. Avoid physical und mental ovor-'itr in. j;u little meat, avoid stlmutauts, tobacco end over-en over-en ting. Lignt meals a-, night should be tho rule, rather thon haw ones a t plenty of fwih aV. uxorcta in the open -la !y. but be cartful not to over-fatlgv.e your hear', or circulation circula-tion Walking and a little hlll-cliinb-lng are good If they do not rauo puins In 'ho enest or s'.'ortneja of breath, if ihoro l broath!csn4ss, dropsy or li.'ness. a. physician's advice ad-vice should no followed explicitly. All damaged hearts should be examined ex-amined ..no a year by a medical aut horlty. Irregular action of the heart is of no Importance in some casos, while in others it is most serious A physician's phy-sician's advice Is needed to determine this. |