Respiratory exercises in the treatment of disease : notably of the heart, lungs, nervous and digestive systems / by Harry Campbell.

  • Campbell, Harry, 1860-1938.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Respiratory exercises in the treatment of disease : notably of the heart, lungs, nervous and digestive systems / by Harry Campbell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Epistaxis.—For this a writer in the Medical Annual (1896, p. 290) recommends ' very rapid breathing with open mouth, the vowel A being enunciated with each expiration.' Stammering.—It is now known that many cases of stam- mering are due to faulty breathing, and in consequence they yield to breathing exercises systematically carried out. The diaphragm is often the muscle chiefly at fault. Hiccough.—An old-fashioned remedy for hiccough is to hold the breath for a time. The best plan is to take a series of rapid diaphragmatic breaths, holding the breath at intervals for as long as possible, with the object of breaking the convulsive habit of the diaphragm. Sleeplessness.—Deep breaths are very helpful in inducing sleep.