The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-04-05
The True Remedy for Snoring.

Our esteemed contemporary, the San,
has recently printed series of letters
on the subject of snoring. The first of
the series was written by woman who
desired to know how she could cure her
husband of snoring Of the remedies
which successive letter-writers have
proposed to tho suffering woman, not
one is of the slightest value, and the let
tiers afford painful evidence of the wide
spread ignorance which prevails as to
the nature of snoring.
Most of these remedies are to be APP
piled to the nose of the snorer. Now,
the nose has absolutely no share in the
production of a snore. Indeed, most
men snore with their mouths open and
their noses temporarily inactive. Hence
the proposal to fasten clothes pin to
the nose of snorer is not only worth
less as II remedy but is a positive aid to
snoring. The man whose nose is closed
with a clothes-pin must open mis- mouth
in order to breathe, and he thus as
sumes the precise attitude most favora-
BILE to snoring.
Neither would it be of the slightest
use to say to the snorer "don't snore."
The letter-writer who says that this re-
quest, frequently repeated, will cure q
man of snoring is grossly Ignorant
person. No man snores voluntarily.
The snorer is ashamed of his otfense,
and when taxed with it denies it stout
ly. If the unhappy wife whose letter
to the SIN called forth the foolish adj
vice to tell her husband not to snore
tries to follow such advice she will APP
pear in divorce court within the next
six months Her husband will be in
dignant at the accusation that he
snores, and after it is repeated few
times he will repel it in language which
can not be overlooked.
There is precisely one cure for snor-
inc, and it is to Sir Humphrey Davy
that we owe its discovery. That emil
nent scientific person ascertained that
snoring is due to an abnormal vibration
of the cords of the larynX, and that
this vibration occurs only when the
surface of the larynX has become dry.
A man who sleeps with his mouth open
until his larynX mas become dry by con-
tact with the atmosphere is sure to
snore. Sir Humphrey saw at once that
In order 10 cure a snorer his larynX
must be kept moistened or relaxed. He
found by experiments upon Metho-
dist preacher of unusual snoring powers
that piece of CASTLE soap inserted in
the mouth of the snorer effected an in
slant cure and warded of any further
attack of snoring for at least twenty
four hours Repeated applications OF
soap broke up the habit OF snoring, and
thus effected permanent cure.
According to Sir Humphrey Davy, cas-
tile soap, which is composed of olive
oil and soda, is decompOsed the mo-
ment it comes in contact with the hui
man tongue, which has q wonderful af
fnity for oxygen. The olive-oil being
thus set free, lubricates and relaxes the
larynx, while the sodium is forcibly ex
PEELED in the shape of strongly alkaline
language by the snorer, who awakeni
the moment the decomposition OF thu
soap begins. 1t is seldom necessary K
administer CASTLE soap more than three
or four times; and the most obstinate
case of snoring known to medical mel
was cured with six doses.
1t might be remarked that almos
any variety of soap can be used witt
benefit as a remedy for snoring. Castle
soap is, nevertheless, much more rapit
in its action than any other variety
with the solitary exception OF sott-soap
The latter, however, is seldom toun'
outside of farm-houses. and its admin
istration presents certain dlihcultle
which will hinder it from ever becoming
"a popular remedy. ~ T. Times.