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

  • Campbell, Harry, 1860-1938.
Date:
1898
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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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    closure of the glottis, and one should therefore get into the habit of always keeping the glottis open during muscular exertion, for under these circumstances it is impossible to raise the intra-pulmonary pressure unduly, and thus dis- tend the alveoli to a dangerous degree. To take a par- ticular instance: much injury may be done to the lungs by habitual straining at stool, but this may be entirely avoided by never allowing the glottis to be closed during defalcation.