The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-08-10
THE oLFAcToav SENSE.

The oLeAcToRv SENSE.
New York specialist Tells some Queer
Things About the Nose.
The following paragraph has been
going the rounds Of the press:
m. LIE Bee, the French savant says
that the nose Is gradually losing it
power TO discharge its traditional func-
tons in the case Of the civilized peo-
ple: when the sense Of smell vanishes
altogether. as will infallibly be the
| case one day. the organ itself will FOL
| low its example sooner or later. a. Ma
tnre never conservcs useless organs,
and the nose must CO. The olfactory
sense is keener in the savage than In
the civilized man.
A New York specialist on the nose
70 whom this was shown. says;
"well. Frenchmen seem to delight
in making such extravagant state
ments. There are men and women o.
TODAY who have the most powerful
sense OF smell. The trouble Is that
il i not always educated like that OF
the savage. Savages have good eyes.
and good ears. and good noses. and Dc
cause they educate their eyes. and their
ears and their noses they can hear see
! and smell better that a man who does
NOT educate those senses. As far as the
olfactory sense dying out Is concerned
that il not true. think the reason
! this French savant thought 30 L be-
cause 20 many people nowadays have
colds and catarrh. due to the civiiiza'
ton we are struggling under lmper
I fectly heated rooms, improper venfiia
y tion. a thousand and one conditions
y that are not all sanitary. produc
lcolds and catarrh; and when mai
= has catarrh his olfactory sense Q
"a course. il interfercd with A health
civilized man who has no catarrh cal
= smell Just as well as a savage. and ca
- see Just as well as savage. a mod
10 ern Anglo-Saxon. born and brought y
e in civilization. II taken out into n
- woods and subjected TO the same ed'
~ cation in woodcraft that a savage ha'
will leave the savage far behind In n
e sense OF smell and the other sense
TO You know II used to be said that 9
n Indian could run all day and all nigh
and endure much more than a viii
- man: but in these six-day-go-as-yo
On please races an Indian has no sho
r. whatever.
al s.All the senses are very intimate
90 connected with each other That the
rs Il close relation between the eye Al
- the nose il shown when a person h
or what Il popularity called cold In q
'ts head. The eyes will water and fe
% weak. Snuh, pepper or any irritan
d. OF the kind up the nose, and Il max
ne the eyes water Very often there q
er polipii or little growths in the no
nd that irritate unconsciously oftentims
'er A great many specialists have foul
'er that far-sightedness is affected by q
me nose. and that the removal Of obstru
ler tions in the nose will improve the ey
". so that patients will not have 70 we
icy glasses. And near-sighted patients.
Oh Il claimed. have also been cured
ire their near-sightedncss BY treating =
nose. Where persons eycsight
the affected BY growths in the nose TEL
vas ,,orary relief has been obtained
ON treating the parts with cocaine VIII
i'm is thus temporarily accomplished
i'm the use OF cocaine. II Il declared 9
,ily ~ permanently accomplished by
had moving the distractions
de- persons having such obstructio
I'M also have nose colds. which come FRI
Ice. \ curious irritable susceptibility Of
nose. caused by the pollen Of differ
the plants. Among the various III enc
,ict- which are produced BY grcwths n
~ nose nrc noises in the ear. deAfne
ncel chronic catarrh Of the throat. fall
,ich 81 the voice. asthma. heart troubl
Tvs. stomach troubles. even troubles y
lied the skin. To illustrate: Many ope
he singers. when their voices fail.
consult nose specialist. who will
IA store their voices frequently BY q
.,ca simple nasal treatment Not Q
80 asthma has been cured by such trs
~ mcnt, but many other chest troub
~. chronic bronchitis notably. 80
80 diseases Of the most obstinate for
,.mc acme especially. where red piml
come out all over the face, have ,
~ cured BY nasal treatment Il -
hard 70 believe. but me man who
been troubled for years By what
80 y supposed 70 Be rheumatism IN
-. krce va entirely cured BY the
moval 81 certain growths In The no
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