New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings, together with the chart and character of ... as marked by ... / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.
- Orson S. Fowler
- Date:
- [1872?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings, together with the chart and character of ... as marked by ... / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![24: THE ORGANIC CONDITIONS d0>. and re]y on warm bath, and gentle but continued exercise, active or passive, but not on medicines. 6.—THE LUNGS—BEEATHINO. All that live, down even to vegetables and trees, breathe—must breathe in order to live—live in proportion as breathe—begin life’s first function with breathing, and end its last in their last breath. And breathing is the most important function of life from first to last, because the grand stimulator and sustainer of all. Would you get and keep warm when cold, breathe copiously, for this renews that carbonic consumption all through the system which creates all animal warmth. Would you cool off and keep cool in hot weather, deep, copious breathing will burst open all those myriads of pores, each of which, by converting the water in the system into insensible perspira- tion, casts out heat, and refreshes mind and body. Would you labor long and hard, with intellect or muscle, without exhaustion or injury, breathe abundantly ; for breath is the great re-invigorator of life and all its functions. Would you keep well, breath is your great prevent- ive of fevers, of consumption, of “all the ills that flesh is heir to.” Would you break up levers, or colds, or unload the system of morbid matter, or save both your constitution and doctor’s fee, cover up warm, drink soft water—cold, if you have a robust constitution suf- ficient to produce a reaction ; if not, hot water should be used—then let in the fresh air, and breathe, breathe, breathe, just as fast and much as possible, and in a few hours you can “ forestall and prevent” the worst attack of disease you ever will have ; for this will both unload disease at every pore of skin and lungs, and infuse into the system that vis animce which will both grapple in with and expel disease in all its forms, and restore health, strength, and life. Nature has no panacea like it. Try the experiment, and it will revolutionize your con- dition. And the longer you try, the more will it regenerate your body and your mind. Even if you have the blues, deep breathing will soon dispel them, especially if you add vigorous exercise. Would you even put forth your greatest mental exertions in speaking or writing, keep your lungs clear up to their fullest, liveliest action. Would you even breathe forth your highest, holiest orisons of thanks- giving and worship—deepening your inspiration of fresh air will like- wise deepen and quicken your divine inspiration. Nor can even bodily pleasures be fully enjoyed except in and by copious breathing. Ip 6hort, proper breathing is the alpha and omega of all physical, and thereby of all mental and moral3 function and enjoyment. 7 and 6.—Have either a full, broad, round chest, or a deep one, oi both ; breathe freely, but rather slowly ; fill the lungs clear up full r.t every inspiration, and empty them well out at every expiration ,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28110560_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
