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THE OREGON i SUNDAY JOURNAL,
PORTLAND,
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1915
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Undergoing a General Treatment for
Fatness. The Mnscles of the Body
Contract Sixty Times aMinnte.
ENTJJUSIiY new
imethod for trea tins
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besity--that of re
lining In an "elec
tric chiir" while
the whole muscular
system is exercised
to fatiiue is at-
! racting' the ; atten
tion of American phys idans. The! treat
ment originated in the mind o. Dr. Nagel
6chmidt of Berlin, and obly six pf the chairs
are in use on this side of thn Aflnnti Tho
patient does not feel theTfatigue! because the
will power has not beeii brougjit into play.
The Nagelschmidt system ftr tafilng off
fat bids fair to become jiuite popular ! among
the stout "idle rich" who would? become the
counterpart of the Greett athlet or the "per
fect thirty-six," but wh have hiot the nerve
or grit to go through the tortures of reduc
ing. It would seem more pleaant to take
an afternoon nap In a Nagelschmidt chair
than to chase around golf links
through the physical tortures pf a
slum and then only with uncertain results.
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or go
gymna-
Strenuous Wo A Made Easy.
The Nagelschmidt cliair is Inclined to a
comfortable position, and is fitted with very
large contact surfaces 1 nsulated fropi each
other. It is equipped with electrodes which
fit the curves of the be d, perfectly;! and a
switchboard distributes the peculiar cur
rent, produced by the motor interrupter lo
cated at the side, to these several electrodes
by means of various : rheostats and the
metronome." ' j j
Any part of the body ; can b4 treated and
reduced, while the balance of tie system re
mains unaffected. ! j j
After placing the pt.tient on the fat-re-!
ducing chair the current is 'passed through!
in the desired direction. All the muscles of j
the body, so far as theyL are included in thel
circuit, are contracted tegularjy with great!
energy. At each contraction thi lower trunk
muscles may raise weigjats of from forty to
fifty pounds besides their own Weight. j
All the muscles appear to be engaged in
"strenuous work a thing whiejji the patient
would not be able to accomplish by volun
tary exertion without the most profound
fatigue. If the apparatus Is adjusted prop-ii
erly, according to Its aiaker, there will be!
patient will even observe an increased de
sire for physical exercise.
The patient should not be subjected M
the very beginning tcj a full , hour's treat
ment ;with maximum energy says Dr. Nagl-
schmidt, but during the first! few sessions
the available muscular energy should be
carefully estimated, and, beginning with fif
teen-minute sessions,
length of sixty minutes, should be attained
gradually. In some extreme cases, In which
the fat Is present in unusual! Quantities, jit
may be necessary to start the patient with
two treatments a day, one morning and
evening. j ! i ''."'! i
The regular treatment consists of i a
series of ; twenty-five
period of; four weeks.
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the normal session.
sessions, covering j a
In the great ma
jority of cases, say physicians who are using '
the chair,! the one series has produced the
desired effect. When a second series is nec
essary a period of from one to four weeks
is allowed to elapse between the two. j
Lose Fat, Gain Strength.
: Because, as they Bay, it reduces fat as
well as develops the muscles, and at the
same 'time does not cause mind fatigue or a
strain on the heart, those physicians using
the Nagelschmidt system contend it Is the
only logical cure for excess weight. With
a majority of the muscles of the body con-,
t racting sixty times per .minute, or 3,600 '
times per session, theyj say it ; stands to rea
son that a great amount of muscular work
is being done, which necessarily results in a - tomed to after the treatment, and yet
correspondingly increased metabolism. 1
Thus, "the female I patient before you,"
said Dr. Nagelschmidt in a lecture before
the Berlin Medical Society, ."without chang
ing her diet, has in the last six sessions had
her weight reduced from 206 pounds and 4
ounces to 202 pounds&nd 2 ounces, or an
average reduction of jabout 12 ounces per
be attributed to losses by transpiration.
since she did not perspire percpptihlyj. Be
sides. -she drank about three Quarts of water
. daily..
In another case Dr. Yeith of Nuremberg,
for the sake of an experiment, had his pa
tient eat much more than he was accua-
three
taken
ascer-
after thecessiqn xiot only, ncfatigue but thej eessioiij'i This reduction, Jxe saldL-cpuld pp
weeks later no increase in weight had
place. Dr. Veith - adds : "I have
tained, as the result of a single session, an
average loss of weightamountlng to
six to thirteen, ounces, although at
sessions a reduction of over two ppunds
was obtained, and can show a reduction of
weieht ud to thirty-one pounds li
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cjases, say
duced the
of frotn
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body
sav it
being d
metabolism
physicians who are
contracting
that where a
chair treatment consists of a
ring a period of four weeks.
using the chair,
second series
desired effectj
to four weeks is allowed to elapse
using thi Nagelschmidt system
for excess weight.
sicians
stands toil reason that
M I
lone, wmcn necessarily
With a majority
sixty times pet; minute, or 3,600
a great amount
results in a
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Drs. Bergonie,. Naglschmidtj and
all report Efficient fati-reducing treatriient
without observiiig any special diet, butr add
suitable!! diet was combined
le weigbjt reduction
with the treatnients
was far . greiterl
All operators agree that the
weighi
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f twinty-five ses-
the great majority of
the onq series his pro-
is necessary a period
between the two
contend it is the only
of the mtiscles bf the
times per session, they
of muscular work is
correspondingly increased
duction becomes less at the later sessions.
It should be borne In mind, they say, that
the loss of weight ascertainable by' weighing
Ls smaller -than the amount of fat removed;
since new tauscle tisstie has
formed. This, they contend, is
the fact that very oftenJ while
weight may be comparatively email, the
clothing will become; very loose-fitting. For
instance, -in a typical case, after three ses
sions there was a loss in weight of a little
more than two pounds and a, reduction in
girth of three and one-half inches. In an
other case, after six sessions, the weight
" was reduced three pounds and two ounces
and the girth measurement fourinches.
The Nagelschmidt current is constant,
without fluctuations, and also by the pecu
liar form of its current-curve suppesses al
most entirely; the unplesant feeling of ordi
nary faradization. ' Stronger currents than
heretofore may thus be employed without,
discomfort to the patient.
The woman shown on this page in the
act of undergoing the Nagelschmidt treat-'
, ment for obesity ha ( ried various methods
' for years in an effort to "get back to
normal," as she put iti j . !
: "I first tried the method of rolling on the
- floor"," she declared, "but found this irknoine.
.. Then I turned my attention to physical cul
ture. Pulling weights, punching the bag,
: brisk walks and runs yes, and many other
things that were actually torture for me
failed to bring the desired effect
: No1 Will Power Needed.
"Next I tried dieting. My intentions were
the very best but after a few days my will
power ceased to stand by me in the crisis.
Little by little I went back to eating the
food I knew would keep me fat. :
"Now f am reducing In weight without
exercising my will power in" the least, and
- without the tortures of physical culture or
. the discomfiture of dieting. Really, I look
forward to a treatment with pleasure. I
can recline easily and comfortably in the
'electric chair,' and, if I care so, read a book
or newspaper while I lose weight Or I can
lay back and plan my shopping trip or a
hundred other things,
; "After exercising in a gymnasium I al
ways felt weak and tired. Not so now. I
. get out , of the chair feelfng refreshed even
more so than before; I take the treatment
It is wonderful." -
also been
shown by "
the loss in
For Health: Make Sleep a
m yfANY teople have poor health because blood suppitf, ana
IV they do ncjt knov; how to ;maKe sieep
from
some
six
cause thewjare
a businessJ Tl ie ythi ak that j the all-import
int oupstio a is how many hours to
sleep, whetlier it should be eight or filpe.
The truth f the matter is that 'sthe
houis count for little compared with: the
way you rest There j ire men and women
who only take five hsurs' 6leep and are
well Othejrs nust have seven hours reg
ular y .which Is the average for strong
men and jvom;n. Tt ere are those jwho
sleep eight hours and could use nine.
Manv of these who take many hours of
restfare little refreshed by It! It 1st be-
"Sleep,
dreams, may
f from anyt cause the
circulation Increases In activity wakeful
ness is the result-
besides being disturbed by
be defective Ihl othejr re
spects. It may be too j short tit may be
too prolonged. It may not be deep enough,
and it may be unrefreshing.1
You know people who get toT sleep with
fall asleep naturally.
difficulty. Others
but at the end , of
awake and cannot
Others sleep,
the yare disturbed
jsleeping and
not
restlr
As Dr. Bernhard Hollander, jan 'English
authbrity c?n nervous j disorders, explains,
thej primary i cause of sleep Is a need of
rest on the part of .the brain cells from
the iexerciie of theiij funcuons., waste
a rehabilitation
storej the brain
During sleep, the brain has a diminished
In mental
being Iff use,
. products accumulate during the day, land work has been abandoned. In this case
period ! Is necessary to re-
to its normal condition.
sleep Is prevtented.
feet on the cerebral
worseC
Business
a few hours they are
get
by dreams
mares of which they . have little memory.
Again there are those tnat sleep the night
through, buti
refreshed by
lethargic during the day.
complain they aie so little
it that thei are drowsy and
overltvork
are apt to remain
to sleep again.
but with an agitated brain,
Worry ha a!
and nlght-
tbe btain cells.
alive after
. .i
a like ef-
cells, and if anything
Jumping the Rope and Many Other
v Such Violent Exercises Are 'Used
by Corpulent- Women in the Hope
Of Reducing but With LittlEffecL
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