Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1913 — The Value of a Yawn. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Value of a Yawn.

Yawning may be„4n fact it is very Impolite, but all the<Same the doctors are now declaring that a good yawn Is splendid, healthy exercise for the lungs and throat. Dr. Emil BuUzl, the distinguished throat specialist of Vienna, in speaking recently of diseases of the throat and remedies, 3aid that yawning is a valuable exercise and should be encouraged. Moreover, yawning has recently been recommended independently as a valuable exercise for the respiratory organs. “According to Dr. Naegli of the University of Luettlch,” said Dr. Bunzl, “yawning brings all the respira-

tory muscles of the chest and throat Into action, and is, therefore, the best, and most natural means of strengthening them. He advises everybody to yawn as deeply as possible, with arms outstretched, in order to change completely the air in the lungs and stimulate respiration. In many cases he has found the practice to relieve the difficulty in swallowing and disturbance of the sense of hearing that accompany catarrh of the throat. The patient is induced to yawn through suggestion, imitation of a preliminary exercise in deep breathing. “Each treatment consists of from six to eight yawns, each followed by the operation of swallowing. It should be added, however, that it is Quite possible for deep breathing to be overdone, particularly by persons with weak hearts, and it is at leaat open to question whether the obstacles todree respiration, which the yawning cure is alleged to remove, are not useful in preventing the entrance of germs and other foreign bodies.” 4