Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-06-29
WHY PERSONS SHORE.
Tho Habit Cured by Force of Will, or the Use
Of q Harness for the Jaws.

H0 naDlC VuIOu ny FOfCO OF WILL OF the UOo
Of q Harness for the Jaws.
From the New York Sun.
It may not be generally known that it is
the vibration of the velum pendulum palati
which causes snoring, but it is matter Of
no less interest to great many people who
either snore themselves or are annoyed by
other snorels.
DR.. Lewis H. Sayre, of Fifth avenue, was
asked why people snore?
Because they can't shut their mouths. !"
he i'd
What is snoling?"
Well, it is common enough" said Dr..
Sa, re: and in an Off hand fashion he ex-
planned that snoring is q noise made in the
posterior part of the mouth and nasal fossse
during the moment of inspiration. It
is due to relaxation of the leva-
tor palati mollis and the circum-
hexus palati in sleep, by which the velum
pendulum palati is left free to vibrate or
flap IN the two currents of the air which
enter at the same time through the nostrils
and mouth. Besides the vibration of the
velum pendulum palati or the soft palate,
there is also vibration of the column of
air itself. Thus is produced the rasping,
snorting sound SO well known and SO un-
pleasant to every one within earshot of the
placid snorer himself.
DR.. Sayre was asked what caused snor-
When man is fatigued," he said, s'and
his self-control is usually relaxed in sleep,
he is apt to lot his lower jaw drop down.
NO man was ever seen or heard to snore
with his mouth shut. The moral is obvious.
The soft palate flaps like sheet in the
wind, and the near neighbours of the snor-
ing sleeper are correspondingly disturbed.
Now, the Indians never snere. They think
it is disgrace. An Indian believes that if
he shores when he is young he will grow
up to be even less handsome at maturity
than nature originally intended. His van
ity, therefore, is enough to make savage
sleep in proper position"
we'll known physician up town, whose
practice has been largely in cases Of affec-
ton OF the respiratory system, was asked
whether snoring is disease.
Not so much disease us a bad habit"
he said; but I am frequently called upon
to prescribe for it's cure"
"Can. it be cured?"
Easily"
Why do elderly or corpulent people
commonly snore?"
Because their systems are generally
more relaxed in sleep, and their mouths
then fall open. Any one will be likely 10
snore II ne sleeps with his mouth open, and
no one will if he shuts it, '.'5@
GLOW can the habit be cured?"
First, you must gives person a chance
to breathe through the nose, and then make
him do SO. If there is any obstruction in the
nsealpassage. that must be removed by treat
ment. Then if snorer can't keep his
mouth shut by force of will, his jaw must
be tied up. A harness for the lower jaw
is sometimes employed in bad cases of
snoring. A skull cap worn upon the head
serves to hold system of straps under the
chin, and keep the mouth shut until the
patient can form habit of sleeping on his
side, or with his head sufficiently elevated
to hold his Jaw" g-
rs it an easy matter to hold ones jaw
when asleep?"
Hardly more so than when awake"
why is snoring, then, so common if it
is SO easily cured?"
Because catarrh troubles are SO COM
mon, which prevent free inspiration
through the nostrils. In sleeping cars and
in hotels one frequently hears the resonant
snore, because people in those places usu-
ally 60 to sleep tired out. An old doctor
used to advocate sleeping on the face to
guard against the possibility of snoring"