The Destruction of the Laboratory in English
Contents of Volume 1
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List: Diseases of deep breathing
1. The accident............... 4
2. The Boss............... 9
3. A call from Buteyko’s wife. Protection against the lunatic asylum.
Suspicions 21
4. Free Chapter: Buteyko discovers the Diseases of Deep Breathing............... 28
5. Mutin............... 35
6. Buteyko’s wife arrives. His conflict with Pomekhin worsens. An
attempt to disrupt his dissertation defence............... 37
7. The Boss rejoices............... 42
8. Buteyko searches for Parin. The lead-up to his Discovery............... 43
9. Adler. Batumi. Reflections on the beac............... 49
10. Academician Parin gets a frigh...............t 57
11. A referee for his dissertation............... 61
12. The dissertation defence............... 63
13. A celebratory lunch. The Method cures – and the Method punishes............... 66
14. The division of the Laboratory............... 72
15. A new colleague, or, what therapeutic exercise can teach us............... 79
16. A lesson in how to overcome an asthma attack. A celebrated
school teacher............... 84
17. The first handbook............... 91
18. An island feast. The best kind of potato. Buteyko's adventures
among the academicians............... 96
19. Khrushchev’s political demise. Suicides of asthma patients in
Professor Chugunov’s care and the possibility of their prevention............... 105
20. Borshch and porridge à la Buteyko. A meal and a farewell chat............... 119
21. A chilly reception in Leningrad. Can an asthmatic professor
cure asthma?............... 126
22. Buteyko’s ominous premonitions. Inventor to inventor: friend,
colleague and............... enemy 132
23. The Head Doctor is a human being. First session in the VEDB
course. An attack suppressed. The faith of the patients............... 139
24. Dealing with night-time attacks. What willpower can achieve!
Learning to relax and to measure the pause correctly after the
exercises............... 150
25. Standing in for the emergency services. Gudzenko – an ‘average’
angina patient............... 161
26. Professor Chugunov harrumphs. The patient demonstration at the
research conference. Pauses and illnesses. Can you lose weight from
overeating? The preliminary trial is a success, but the Head Doctor is
sacked............... 171
27. Why asthma patients die, and how their doctors are punished if
they suddenly stop dying............... 188
28. Buteyko is invited to Chicago but tacitly forbidden to go............... 199
29. The Head Doctor of a TB clinic welcomes the Buteyko Method............... 202
30. People believe what they want............... 209
31. The magic formulae of Buteyko’s equations linking respiratory
parameters. The Method is stolen. Storm clouds gather 215
32. The Ministry official’s fateful visit. The beginning of the
inevitable end............... 225
Appendix - Other charts from the original 1993 edition and photographs
of Buteyko and his staff............... 233
