When You Laugh.

Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 25 August 1909, Page 87

When You Laugh.

When laughter is very violent, the entire body takes part in it. The upper part of the trunk Lends and straightens itself alternately, or sways to right <and left. The tent stamp on the floor, while the hands arfe pressed upon, the loins to moderate the painful spasm. Thu*. we say on occasion !.hai a per.«on "writhes" with laughter. People under suoh csretanstances may evoi i«e down and /oil on the ground. Violent laughter, if Jong continued, causes extreme fatigue The face becomes flushed and thft eyefl_ red and tearful. The breathing muscle 6 have trouble to supply the lungs with the requisite air. and the heart works irregularly, perhaps skipping a beat or two. The laugher at length may even fall to the ground unconscious. Xlsuallj such an oc:urrence- is followed by quick' recovery, but 3iere have been casec where death ensued, to one recorded instance a philosopher died from laughter caused by seeing an aea irowsing on roses.—Popular Science Siftin the sunshine and rain, o'er hill valler and plain, . " On his way the driver proceeds, .I"*"* 416 «nd song he meanders alonir. While his herd contentedly feeds. ! or stalwart and taam'd he has at command. An air-whioh^is healthy and pure, Jut should such e'er fail and » sickness prevail, He takes Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.