My breathing system / J.P. Muller.

  • Müller, J. P. (Jørgen Peter), 1866-1938.
Date:
[1921]
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Credit: My breathing system / J.P. Muller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PART I. CHAPTER PAGE I. What Deep-Breathing Exercises are .... 9 Is “ Natural ” Breathing always Correct Breathing ? — - - — 9 The Evils of Short and Shallow Breathing - - - 9 Deep Breathing must be Taught- ___ _ _ - - 10 How the average Athlete and Oarsman strain Heart and Lungs - - n Why Deep-breathing Exercises have latterly fallen into Discredit - 12 Should the Breath ever be held after a Deep Inhalation ? - - - 14 The Importance of Physical Exercise immediately before Deep-Breathing- 14 The Importance of Slow Exhalation - - - - - - -15 Why should we Breathe through the Nose? - - - - - 16 Why is it generally wrong to Exhale through the Mouth, after Nasal Inhalation 20 Shut Your Mouth !----- - - -- -21 Laughter—a Healthy Method of Exhaling - ----- 23 II. The Machinery of the Breathing Apparatus . . .24 What constitutes a Respiration ? _______ 24 How to Expand and Contract the Thorax to its fullest Extent - - 26 Which of these Six Different Expansions are the most effectual in promoting Free Access of Air to the Lungs _______ 30 Is it ever Reasonable to Perform an Incomplete Breath ? - - - 30 The Secret of the Diaphragm - - -- -- -- 32 Dr. J. F. Halls Dally on the Diaphragm _____ My own Theories about the Diaphragm ------ 34 35 III. The Various Methods of taking a Complete Breath . 41 Description of my ordinary Complete Breath (or, the Relieving Deep-Breath¬ ing Exercise) _______ - - - 41 The Hindu-Yogi Breathing - -- -----47 Dr. Halls Daily’s “ Full Cycle of Complete Respiration ” - - 48 The Great Mistake of Swedish Drill - - - - - - -48 How the Heart is often Injured - - - - - - -51 Does the Athlete die Young 53 PART II. My Five Minutes’ Breathing System . . . .57 Why is it not good always to maintain the same position during Deep- Breathing ?---- - - -- -- -58 At what Time of Day should we‘Perform this Little System? - 59 Hints to Beginners - -- -- -- -- -59 Exercise No. 1 - - - ------ --59 The Special Relieving Deep-Breathing Exercise - - - - - 60 Exercises Nos. 2—9 — — - - - - 62 Prevention is better than Cure - -- -- -- - 76 PART III. I. Hints for Athletes ....... 79 For Sprinters — - - - 80 For Middle-Distance Runners _____ - - 80 For Long-Distance Runners and Quick-Walkers — 80 For Speed Skaters ------- — - Si For Boxers and W’restlers - - - - - - - - 81 For Swimmers - - 84 For Oarsmen and Scullers - -- -- - ---84 IT. Hints for Singers and Speakers . 91