Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31
nREATnE THROUGH YOUR NOSE.

BREATHE THROUGH YOUR NOSE.
e The air which enters the lungs is a. diff.
crent frem that which enters the nostrils, as
distilled water is different from the water in
ordinary frog pond or cistern. The arresting
and purifying process Of tho nose upon the
atmosphere with its poisonous ingredients,
passing through it, though less perceptible,
is not less distinct nor less important than
that Of the mouth, which stops cherry stones
and fish-bones from entering the stomach. 1
The intricate organization in the structure
Of man, unaccountabls As it is, seems in
measure divested of mystery, when we find
the same phenomena (and others perhaps sv-
en- more surprsing) in the physical conform
alton of the lower order Of animals and we
are again more astonishsd when We see the
mysterious sensitiveuess Of that ergan, in in.
stinctivcly and instantaneously separating
the gases, as we'll as arrestng and rejecting
the material impurities of the atmosphere.
This unaccsuntable phenomenon is seen
in many cases. We see the fish surrounded
with water, breathing the air on which it ex-
lists. 1t is known fact that man can inhale
through his nose, for a certain time, mephit-
ic air, in tho bottom Of well without harm !;
but if he opens his mouth to answer ques-
ton, or calls for help, in that position his
lungs are closed ard he expires. Most ami
mails are able to inhale the same for csnsid-
cradle time without destruction Of life, and no
doubt solely from the fact that their respir-
alton is throug h their nostrils, in which the
poisonous eiiiuvia are arrested. There are
many minera, and vegetable poisons, also,
which can be inhaled through the nose with
out harm i; but If taken through the mouth,
destroy life. And so with poisonous reptiles
and poisonous animals. The man who kills
the rsttlesnake, or the copperhead, and stands
alone over it, aud keeps his mouth shut, and
receives no harm but If hs has compansns
with him with whom he is csnversing over
the carcass Of these reptiles, he inhales the
poisonous eiiluva through the mouth, and
becomes deadly sick, and in some instances
death ensues. lnfintesimal instincts, also
net visible to the naked eve, are inhabtins
every drop OF water we drink, and every
breath of air We breathe; aad minute part,
cles of vegetable substances, as we'll as Of
poiyonous minerals, and even glass and silex,
which float i,nperceptiby in the air, are dis
covered coating the respiratory organs Of man
and the class Of birds which catch their fsod
in the air with open mouths As they fly, re.
ceivs these things in quantities, even in the
hollow Of their bones, where they are carried
and lodged by the air, and detected by mi
croscopic investigation.
Against the approach Of these'things to the
lungs and eyes nature has prepared the guard
by the mucous and organic arrangements,
calculated to arrest their progress. Were it
not for the liquid in the eye, srresting neu-
tralzing and carrying out thu particles of
dust communicated through the atmosphere
man would soon become blind; and but for
the mucous in his nostrls, absorbing aud
carrying off tha poisonous particles of ei!iuvia
for the protection Of tho lungs and the brain,
mental arrangement, consumption Of the
lungs, and death would ensue. -.-..
In mans waking hours. when his limbs
and his muscles aud his mind are all in &C.
ton, there may be but little harm in nl,aIing
through the mouth. if he be in healthy at.
mosphere and ut moments Of violent action
and excitement, it may be necessary. But
when he lies down at night to reat from the
fatisuss Of the day, aud yields his system
and all his energies to the rcpose of Ieep,
and his volition and all his pawers Of ress-
tance are giving way to its quiesing influence.
if he gradually opens his mouth to the wild.
est strain, he let's the enen.y ia that chis his
ungs-that racks his braiH--that psralyzos
his stomach--that gives MIN ths nightmare
brings imps and fairies that danes before
him during the night aud during the fol-
Loving day headache, toothache, Rheumatism
dyspepsia and gout. .. .
That man knows not the pleasure of sleep
he rises in the morniny more fatigued than
when he retired to rest--takes pills and rem
edes during the day, renews his disease dur
ing the night. A guilty conscience is even
better guaranty for peaceful rest than such
treatment Of the lungs during the hours Of
sleep. Destructive irritation cf the lungs
with its consequences, j: the immediate re
suit Of this unnatural habit, aad its continu-
ed and more remote effects, consumption Of
the lungs and death Catlia.