Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-04-19
The True Remedy for Snoring.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Sun, has recently printed series OF
letters on the subject of snoring. The
first of the series was written by wo-
man who desired to know how she
could cure her husband of snoring. OF
the remedies which successive letter.
writer's have proposed to the suffering
woman, not one is of the slightest
value, and the letters afford painful
evidence of the widespread ignorance
which prevails as to the nature of
snoring.
Most of these remidies are to be ap.
piled to Ne 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
worthless as remedy but is a positive
aid to snoring. The man whose nose
is closed with a clothes.pin must open
his mouth In order to breathe, and he
thus assumes the precise attitude most
favorable 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 a
man of snoring is a grossly ignorant
person. No man snores voluntarily,
The snorer is ashamed of his offence,
and when taxed with it denies it stout.
ly. If the unhappy wife whose letter
to the Sun called forth the foolish ad.
vice to tell her husband not to snore
tries to follow such advice she will ap.
pear in divorce court within the next
six months. Her husband will be in.
dignant at the accusation that he
snoros, and after it is repeated few
times lie will repel it in language which
cannot be overlooked
There is precisely one cure for snor-
ing, and it is to Sir Humphrey Davy
that we owe its discovery. That emf
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 has become dry by
contact with the atmosphere is sure to
snore. Sir Humphrey saw at once
that in order to cure a snorer his
laryniX must be kept moistened or re-
Taxed. He found by experiments upon
a Methodist preacher of unusual snor-
ing powers that piece of CASTLE soap
inserted in the mouth of the snorer eff
fected an instant cure and warded off
any further attack of snoring for at
least twenty-four hours. Repeated ap-
plications of soap broke up the habit
of snoring and thus effected a perma>
nent cure.
According to Sir Humphrey Davy,
CASTLE soap, which is composed of olive
oil and soda, is decomposed the mo-
ment it comes in contact with the hu.
man tongue, which has wonderful
affinity for oxygen. The olive oil be-
ing thus set free, lubricates and relaxes
the larynx, while the sodium is forci-
bly, expelled in the shape Of strongly
alkaline language by the Snorer, who
awakens the moment the decomposition
of the soap begins. 1t is seldom nee
essary to administer CASTLE soap more
than three or four times; and the most
obstinate case of snoring known to
medical men was cured with six doses.
1t might be remarked that almost
any kind of soap can be used with bene-
fit as a remedy for snoring. CASTLE