Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22
Offensive Breath.

ally dislike J1dL WHICH pOlluleS IL. "uhl
is more disagreeable than an offensive
breath? Perhaps filthiness of person,
which would produce an unpleasant odor,
and an unpleasant appearance to the eye;
but we are speaking more of persons of
responsibility, who move in good society.
1t is not very uncommon for such people
to have breath so offensive rs to make
their near presence extremely disagree
able.
There may be several causes for this,
but one of the most common is decayed
teeth and the want of care and cleanliness
of the mouth; and, singular as it may
seem, one may have an offensive breath
and not know it, and it is a subject upon
which friends are reluctant to speak, so
that one may have an offensive breath for
a year and all his friends be aware of it
and he not know it Let us recon
mend to all persons the propriety of keep
ing the mouth clean. After each meal
one should remove with stick or quill
pick all loose particles of food from be-
tween the teeth, and rinse the mouth with
water, using a soft brush at night and in
the morning, and little nice toilet soap
on the brush is not objectionable. Nine
out of ten who annoy their friends with
bad breath might obviate it entirely by
following these directions in regard 10 the
mouth.
Sometimes persons have catarrh which
gives unpleasant breath; sometimes
dyspeptic stomach will induce bad
breath Persons who eat pork or a great
deal of other greasy food in abundance
and II great deal of sugar, will be so
charged with offete or waste material that
in natures effort to get rid of it, the
breath will be charged with an offensive
Odor. When one eats onions, or other
offensive articles, it is not from the stom-
ach the odOr comes when we smell the
offensive breath, because the passage from
the mouth to the stomach is always closed,
but from the air passages of the lungs, the
blood giving off the odor through the del
icate structure of these parts. We need
not wonder at this, when we call to mind
that the air cells of the lungs are estimated
to contain a surface of fifteen hundred
squire feet. In fact, the lungs constitute
one of the great outlets by which the sys-
tenn rids itself of unfriendly matter which
) finds its way into the blood. When one
eats the right kind of food in proper
quantity, and the person exercises suffi
ciently, and in all respects lives according
to hygicnc law, his food will be dgested
and the etfete matter eliminated in the
normal way; but when it is the wrong
kind of food, and the quantity is too great
every means of getting rid Of it is en-
. poyed by the system; the breath becomes
loaded with this morbid matter, as also
the skin, and the kidneys make their Joint
effort to dispose of it.
If one pulls up the wick of lamp
three times as much oil is consumed a.
when il was properly adjusted, and the re-
rut is a long red blaze which gives bu
little light, and fog Of black smoke fill:
the air. This is unconsumed carbon
and when one overeats his system in like
manner is overcharged with undgesteC
food; his lungs labor TO dispose of any
thing taken into the system which is alb
normal or unwholesome. The execra5lt
I breath of the drunkard is unforlunatel,
, known to many who are obliged to come
J in contact with Incorporate friends;
I great quantity of alcohol loaded will
|, etfete matter is thrown off through tn,
$ lungs. If one were to put his little finge
t into vial of turpentine so that the finge
t would constitute perfect stopper, hi
, breath would indicate the presence of tur
i peuuillc III lcoo JudQ UVe minutes. In
S finger would absorb it, it would get int
e the circulation, and would be thrown OF
t through the lungs. What can we expec
(. but II bad breath if we live improperly i
: we eat bad food or drink spiritnou
G liquors, or load our system with tobacco
$ 1t is said of cannibals that they will no
!. eat the flesh of II tobacco chewer, it is 81
. highly charged with the odor and taste O
t tobacco, and such medical students rs d
. not chew or smoke are offended in tn
q dissecting room by the odor whic
d emanates from the fresh subject on tn
: dissccting table who has been accustome
n to the use of tobacco. Unfortunately
e however, for morals and decency, three
; quarters, if not nine-tenths, of the medca
n students use tobacco We counted owe
o fifty students smoking in the lecture room
=. of New York medical college Will
n waiting for the professor to come in an
:. commence his lecture on toxicology
e especially narcotic posons," and in les
G than five minutes he dwelt upon the dele
G terious effects of the poison of tobacco.
+ With IL clean mouth and a health
G stomach, with proper food and drink an
q IA morning hand bath there will be n
e necessity to complain of bad odors fror
5 the body Or of bad breath, Pbrenologico
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