The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-22

1 rough towel and dry clothing put on, as
/ there is great danger of contracting cold
| at this time when the pores arc open. A
mild liniment thoroughly rubbed into the
skin after the drying will prove very slim
| ulating. A man may know when he Is IN
/ good condition by his own feelings and
, the state of his skin. III he has been
| properly trained this latter will be firm.
/ elastic and well colored, and there will be
an entire absence of shat tired feeling.
When child or a grown person begins
| to breathe with the mouth open there
must exist some sufficient cause for the
! occurrence in the uppermost air passages.
! No one would voluntarily exchange the
| only healthy, comfortable manner OF
breathing through the nose for the bur-
densome and unhealthy breathing through
| the mouth Let anyone attempt to breathe
through the mouth for five minutes, IN
stead of, as one is accustomed. through
| the nose, and he will soon be convinced
that it is almost impossible Almost OF
itself, that is, without muscular force,
| through the mere pressure of the air. the
mouth closes aud the original manner OF
breathing is resumed.
| Whoever SHORES can, as a rule, not
! breathe through the nose. That 1t would
| be useless in such cases to desire to close
| the mouth mechanically is entirely COM
prehensible. Every mother, who fire.
| quently gives to her child the useless COM
mand ''close your mouth" is aware OF
| this. Here it is better TO seek without
delay the advice OF an experienced spe-
| cialist in order to determine the cause OF
/ this Notwithstanding. In the case OF chill
dren, in particular, al unnecessary delay
| might prove fatal.
| Nnu fnlrr in VIII
| the cause of this habit may be determined
and the habit still remain. But these are
the exceptions; as a rule normal breathing
| results as soon as the air enters the correct
passages; If the snoring and the breathing
| through the mouth returns as an evil habit
| then, and only then, can mechanical
means be used with advantage to stop
! this opening of the mouth.
The simplest aud oldest of these is to
! place band from the chin to the top of
the head. This often suffices. AS the
mouth remains closed by pressure OF the
air, some of the mechanical appliance to
! produce this effect might be used. Some
times it is even sufficient to place piece
OF celluloid plate between the teeth, but
one would not lightly decide to place a
foreign substance in the mouth Of q
sleeper, particularly a restless child.
All of these apparatus must be put on
every evening and worn over night, until
the normal position of the lips and lower
! jaw is regained But the most important
thing is to remove the distractions TO nor
NAL breathing.-Dr. E. Bloch in Schooner s
FamilienblGh Beriin).
Breathe Through the Nose-Neither
man nor animal breathes through the
mouth normally. The only natural way
for respiration and inspiration is through
| the nose. When we breathe through the
nose the cold, dry, impure outward air is
sufficiently warmed, supplied with watery
| vRpor and freed from dust. When we
| breathe through the nose, smelling at the
same time through our organ Of smell,
| which assists respiration. we become
aware of the presence of an injurious or of
generally abnormal mixture drawn in
by the bresth, and can then either correct
so unfavorable an atmosphere or escape
from it. Furthermore, only in the nose are
found those fine arrangements which can
| prevent the entrance OF injurious SUBJ
stances into the deeper respiratory or
CANS Qarynx and lungs and thus stop the
further advance of the hostile body,
painful smoke, irritating dampness, thick
dust, etc, besides defying that which has
already slyly effected an entrance. This
is done by the so-called nasal reflex
breathing 10 which class belongs sneeZln (
If we breathe through the mouth the air
is neither sufficiently warmed nor salts
iactorly moistened, and laden with all Its
bad mixtures of dust and mineral, animal
and vegetable origin, added to injurious
gases, reaches the larnyx, the air tubes OF
the lungs. Snoring is only the least
among the evil consequences of breathing
through the mouth.
The swollen, sore, acknowledgements
lips, bad condition of the front teeth and
decay of the back ones, defective devel-
opment of the sense of smell, frequent
Inflammation Of the throat, attacks of fe-
yer, diphtheria and catarrh and soreness
of the laynx and lungs are consequences
of breathing through the mouth which
have been freqently observed. In chill.
dren one often sees an habitual and pecu-
liar weak or even stupid expression oil
countenance. 1t has also been found
through the experiments Of different trust
worthy observers, that there is a casual
connection between ssammering and
breathing through the mouth. On the
other hand, however, certain forms oil
nightmare and asthma are causes Of
breathing through the mouth. That in
fants are somtines brought almost 70
deaths door, when prevented by cold
from breathing through the nose, is fact
well known to physicians.
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