The San Francisco call., 1896-12-31

critics are perverted and the object for which
the nostrils are bestowed totally ignored. we
should all clearly understand that the atmos-
nbere is not pure enough for mans breathing
until it has been filtered and tempered by the
nasal passages. The nose is to the lungs what
the mouth and palate are to the stomach, and
the air which passes through the nostrils is
lust as different from 'mouth-breath' as pond
or cistern water differs from distilled.
"No one will approve OF swallowing fish
bones, nut shells or glass, because they know
there viii be an immediate bad result; yet,
simply because the result from mouth breath
ing is slower process, they will allow them
selves for hours together to inhale foul, fetid
air through the mouth, unm1ndful OF It's I'M
purities and disease germs. 1t is simply De-
cause they do not know what wise proVl-
dence it would be ii it could have been born
within us to know these things ourselves ana
to teach them to our children. The first les
sons we should be tauget in public schools, or
in any Others, should be these natural results
and natural causes. By ill-using, misusing
and non-using our nostrils as we do they be-
come useless, just like an old roadbed that has
been allowed TO grow up through non-use,
nd therein breeds catarrh, polypus, cancers
and other horrible diseases of the nose; and
yet, properly used, the nostril is expressly
adapted to arrest or purify such Impurities
and germs.
"Could we examine the lungs of those who
live in smoky towns we would ind them coated
and impregnated with SCOT and organic aru-
cles of all kinds. Is it wonder then that
bronchitis Group and asthma follow such an
abused state? You know our noses could not
have been given TO us simply tor the sake OF
looks, because nothing in nature Is given us
for that alone. Our noses are organized to
modify and select the needful quantity OF air.
n0 0xua no q Ersnt h hrQQ
some time and live in most poisonous atmos-
phere at the bottom of we'll by breathing
through the nose, whereas, II the mouth were
used, the lungs would Immediately close and
asphyxiation would result.
81 am sure all fremen will tell you that they
always close the mouth when entering burn
ing building. Then can it not be that these
extreme moments and occasions should direct
US in our everyday life when the result is only
prolonged and the effect more insidious?
'If every time we wake at night we would
impress it upon ourselves TO sleep with the
mouth closed it would not be long until we
would be surprised at the result obtained.
Another thing: Fancy, If you can, where peo-
pie have no ventilation and how unwhole-
some is the carbonic acid gas thrown off from
the lungs, it is not wonder that they rise in
the morning with the throat parched, the
mouth dry and the rest has been incomplete,
and all through the result of mouth breathing.
'Now, one OF the most important results of
mouth breathing is the reced:ng gum and the
dropping teeth If the mouth is closed during
sleep secretion OF saliva takes place which
floods and cleanses the teeth and gums, aiding
to maintain them in healthy and unim-
paired condition, but when the air is taken
directly into the mouth the mucous membrane
soon becomes dry, the flow of saliva is stopped
and gums and teeth suffer deterioration. for
tha In air w q m int al ms ia
also the great destroyer of all things. 1t is
the oxygen i'll the atmosphere that destroys
stone, then why should 1t not affect the teeth?
Another important point is to keep the
tongue as much as possible from pressing
against the teeth especially any one tooth (as
nervous people are in the habit of doing.
Biting the finger nails will also alter the po-
sition OF the teeth, and toothplcks will loosen
the gums; they are baneful and should never
be used. If the teeth and gums are well looked
after by good dentist occasionally and hept
in proper condition q toothpick would never
be found necessary.
"Your readers who have a tooth that has
gradually grown slightly longer than the
others may arrest the dropping of that tooth
by breathing through the nose instead of the
mouth. In addition TO this stiff tooth brush
and salt and water, brushing the gums vigor-
ousIy, will aid the stoppage OF the tooth and
the receding gums.
cone word more regarding the nose. To those
who have already reached the stage where it is
impossible TO breath excepting through the
mouth it will be found that persisting long,
slow nostril breathing will eventually be re-
warded by the passages becoming free, except /
in extreme cases. when a surgeon or physician |
should be consulted at once.
ga child's teeth will never fail to grow
crooked if that child is allowed to breathe |
through its mouth, and they will never fail to |
grow straight if it is taught to breathe through
its nose.
CATER all this is it necessary to further i'm