Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19
QUEER THINGS ABOUT NOSES


Some interes. ing Exceptions.
The following paragraph has been going
4 the rounds of the press
IN. lie Bee the French savant, l--e
that the nose is gradually losing iti
/ power to discharge its traditional func
ton in the case of the civilized peoples
when the sense of smell vanlshes alto
/ gether, as will infallibly be the case ono
day. the organ itself will follow its ex
ample sooner OF later, as nature never
conserves useless organs. and the nose
must go. The olfactory sense is keener
in the savage than in the civilized man
A New York specialist on the nose, to
whom this was shown, said
"Well, Frenchmen seem to delight in
making such extravagant statements
There are men and women of today who
have the most powerful sense of smell
The trouble is that it is not always edu-
Gated like that of the savage. Savages
have good eyes, and good ears, and good
noses, and because they educate their
eyes and their ears and their noses they
can hear, see and smell better than man
who does not educate those senses As
far as the olfactory sense dying out is
.
reason this French savant thought so is
because so many people nowadays have
colds and catarrh, due to the civ
illzation that we are struggling
under. lmperfectly heated rooms
improper ventilation, thousand
and one conditions that are not all
sanitary produce colds and catarrh and
when a man has catarrh his olfactory
sense, of course, is interfered with A
healthy civilized man who has no catarrh
can smell just as well as savage can
smell, and can see just as well as a
savage. modern Anglo Saxon, born
and brought up in civilization, if taken
out into the woods and subjected to the
same education in woodcraft that
savage has will leave the savage far be
hind in his sense OF smell and the other
senses You know il used to be said
that an Indian could run all day and
run all night, and endure much more
than white man. but in these six day
go-as you please races an Indian has nc
show whatever.
IAN the senses are very intimately
connected with each other That there
is close relation between the eve and
the nose is shown when person has
what is popularity called a cold in the
head The eyes will water and feel
weak. Snuff pepper OF irritants of am
kind up the nose and it makes the eyes
water Very often there are polipii OF
little growths in the nose that irritate
unconsciously oftentimes great many
specialists have found that farsighted
ness is affected by the nose. and that the
removal OF distractions in the nose will
improve the eyes, so that patients will
not have to wear glasses And near
sighted patients, il is claimed have also
been cured of their nearsightedness by
treating the nose. Where a person s
eyesight is affected by growths in the
nose, temporary relief has been obtained
by treating the parts with cocoaine
What is thus temporarily accomplished
by the use OF cocaine, it is declared, can
be permanently accomplished by relnov
ing the distractions.
PERSONS having such distractions also /
nave nose colds which come from a Gu
rlous irritable susceptibility of the nose.
caused 10y the pollen of different plants
Among the various i'll effects which are |
produced by grows in the nose are
noises IN the ear deafness, chronic ca
tarrh of the throat, failure of the voice
heart troubles stomach troubles
even troubles with the skin To illus
trate Many opera singers when then
voices fail, will consult nose specialist.
who will restore their voices frequently
by some simple nasal treatment Not only
asthma has been cured by such treatment
but many other chest troubles. chronic
bronchitis notably Soskin diseases of the
most obstinate forms, acme especially
where red plmples come out all over the
lace, have been cured by nasal treatment
Il seems hard to believe, but one man
who had been troubled for years by what
was supposed TO be rheumatism in his
lnee was entirely cured by the removal
u certain growths in the nose. New
York Sun
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