A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno.

  • Eno, J. C.
Date:
[1870?]
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Credit: A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE BEST MEANS OF DEVELOPING THE CHEST AND LUNGS. ‘ Few bodies are there of that happy mould, But that some part is weaker than the rest; The legs, perhaps, or arms, refuse their load, Or the chest labours.’ In considering the Prevention of Consumption, as well as a thorough digestion and assimilation of food, and attention to the skin, there must be a due attention to the proper expansion of the chest by exercise, and the best time for this is early youth, before the ribs lose the greater part of their elasticity. Parents and all who have the charge of children should see that this power of enlarging the capacity of the chest is made the most of. The importance of it will be manifest if we remember that food, after passing the stomach and being digested, must, before perfect blood results, be placed under the action of oxy¬ gen; this is accomplished in the lungs, and it is obvious that the greater the volume of oxygen in the lungs, the more perfect will be the oxy¬ genation of the blood. THE CHEST EXPANDER. The accompanying figure represents a lady exercising with a Chest Expander, that is, a very inexpensive instrument composed of vulca¬ nised India rubber, with wooden handles at the ends. The exercise