Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-02
SNORING.
What Causes IL and How 1t Can
lie Cured.

lNew York Sun.
It may not De generally known that it Is the
FlCratlon OF the ret,tT1 pendulum pdltH which
causes snoring, but 1t Ia no less a matter OF
interest to great many people, who either
snore themselves or are annoyed By snorers.
DR.. Lewis Fl. Sayre, Of 5th Avenue was asked
why people snored.
Because they don't shut their mouths he
said.
"What is snoring7"
"Ten, it's common enough sail DR.. S,yre
and in an on-hand fashion he explained ina,
snoring Is noise made In the posterlor part oil
the mouth ana nasal sOSsse during cue no Ime lts
OF inspiration. IL Is due TO a relax alton OF the
terdto7' p0idu mods and the circumRer,t.
pG5 5i n sleep, 6y which the uetun. pend dun
pdtdu Is LETT free 10 vibrate or fap In the two
currents OF the air whtca enter at the same
time through the nOStril5 and the mouth, Be
sides the vibration OF the uelun, pendulum
Ine coiomh OF air ITSELF Thus is produced the
rasplng, snorting noise so well known and 8
unpleasant to every one within earShoo Of the
placid snorer himself
Dr. Sayre was asked what caused snoring
" W ne n man Is fatigued," he said, "an1 bis
SELF control Is unusually relaxed In sleep he Is
app TO let hts lower jaw crop down. No man
was ever seen or heard TO snore Vita his mouth
smut The moral Is OOvloua The soft palate
flaps like sheet in the wind, and tue nea
nelgnoors OF the shorlng sleeper are cores
shore. They think IL disgrace. An Indian
otile yes that IL he scores when he Is young he
VIII grow up 10 be even less handsome a1 ma
tuf1ty than nature originally intended. His
vanity, therefore Is enough to make a savage
sle2p IN proper position
weil- known physician in town, who sc pr &C.
tl;e mas been large In cases OF affection Of che
Respiratory system. WAS asked whether snoring
Was disease.
"Not.so much disease as bad hept," he
said; y but am frequently called upon to pre-
scribe for its cure"
Can II be cured?'
Easily
why do elderly or corpulent people COM
monty snOre?"
Because their systems are generally more
relaxed IN sleep and their mouths then Fan
open. ANY one will b3 likely to snore If he
sleeps with bis mouth open, and no one Will II
he shuts IT.
How can the habit be cured ?"
First, you must give person q chance to
breathe through the nose, and then make hin
passage, that must be removed by tire itme at,
Then II snorer can't keep his mouth shut by
force or VIII, his Jaw must be tied up bar.
ness for the lower jaw Is sometimes employ ed
IN Dad cases OF snoring. A skull cap worn upon
the head Serves to hold sy stem OF straps under
the chin, and keep the mouth shut unttl the
patient can form habit Of sleeping on bis side
or with bis head sufficiently elevated TO hold
his jaw
us II an easy matter to hold ones law when
aSleep?'
Hardly more so than when awaken
why Is snoring, then. so common, II 1t Is so
easily cuTed?'
Because catarrhal troubles are so common.
w1icn prevent free inspiration through the
nostf1ls. In sleeping Cars AM hotels one fire.
i quently hears the resonant snore because
people In these places usually go 10 sleep tired
out An Old doctor used 10 advocate sleeping
on the lace to guard against the possibility OF
Snoring" -