Show Barometric Pressure Affects Mans Man's Health Your general well being as well wellIs s Is the weather may be signalized by the barometer er according to Dr William F. F Petersen pathologist and bacteriologist at the University of Illinois The next time you feel a grouch coming on consult the barometer It is ten to one says Dr Petersen that the barometric pressure will be going up The doctor asserted that air pressure pres pres- pressure sure plays an important role in health Sudden death and even spring fever are some of its effects he contended Pain in an abscessed tooth may maybe maybe maybe be caused in some degree by high atmospheric pressure the ability of an athlete to perspire and the tone of his muscles vary with the air pressure the nervous mental and even digestive systems react to the stimulus of air pressure In normal persons Dr Petersen said high lugh h gh barometric pressure in in- increases increases in- in increases creases the blood pressure and you feel full of pep pcp However when the pressure makes the blood sluggish the effect is to put you in the dumps Changes in atmospheric pressure work the hardest suffering on the young old and sick Ordinarily healthy persons the doctor explained ex- ex explained ex ex- explained can readily adjust their bodies to outside influences Dr Petersen said that changes in inthe inthe inthe the barometer should serve as a warning to physicians to be especial especial- especially ly watchful over their patients On the basis of a survey the doctor doc doc- doctor doctor tor concluded that the death rate is in direct proportion to the ups and downs of the atmospheric pressure Sudden increases or decreases in the pressure he declared often will show an adverse effect on patients who appeared to be on the road to recovery recover and sometimes the shock is so great it causes death |