The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-17
w0MEN's RED NOSES
There IL Reason 10 Believe That
Wells Cause Most Of the
Trouble.

Few things are more annoying TO .
sensitive woman than persistent red
ness OF the tip of the nose. This cry
throrhinia, as we may call il, is par
ticularly frequent among women with
delicate complexion, and is not often
seen among the peasantry. A Berlin
physician, DIR. Rosenbach, believes that
he has fafhomed the cause of the con-
dition, and is convinced that the veil is
responsible. He found that the red
ness was most marked where the veil
pressed most closely against the nose,
and that when the wearing OF the veil
jority of instances, disappeared. Al
though wells are very soft 10 the touch,
the threads soon become rough with
use, and are then capable of exerting
decided irritation upon the sensitive
skin of the nose and cheek, against
which the veil rubs. The evaporation
from the nose Is apt to moisten the veil,
especially in winter, and then the veil
acts almost like a moist compress. The
shape of the nose is also slightly al
tered by the veil. The nose is depressed,
flattened, and, i'm Rosenbach's opinion,
tends TO lose its graceful form. With
time this alteration becomes perma-
nent. The pressure upon the tip of
the nose renders the latter somewhat
anemic and drives the blood TO neigh
boring parts, chiefly to the regions just
above a point and along the lateral
wings. On entering a warm room the
abnormal distribution of the blood be-
comes intensified, unless the veil is
quickly removed. When the vessels
have become permanently relaxed, ow
ing TO the improper dilation, the abb
normal distribution of the blood re-
mains to n greater or less degree, even
after the removal OF the veil. The
causes for this condition, then, are the
pressure Of the veil and the friction
produced by 1t. A delicate skin and
a catarrhal state of the nose act as
predisposing causes. Ii is unfortu-
nate that the persons most liable TO this
veil-crythema are very apt to ascribe
it 10 the influence of the air, and seek
~ as possible. But the more the nose
is barricaded the more the skin will be
irritated. Occasionally, n similar per-
sistent redness is seen on the cheeks,
here, also, in areas against which the
veil rests. That pressure by the veil
is the cause is proved by the fact that
the redness often ends below in
sharp, well-defned margin, correspond
Ing to the line where the veil begins TO
hang loosely from the cheek
The treatment consists primarily in
the disuse of the veil. For little while
the patient should not expose herself to
sharp winds or great degrees of cold.
IL this is impossible, she should take
care not TO pass from the cold directly
into n warm room. II is also well on
going out to cover the nose with little
lanclin, vasaline or cold cream, and
then 10 powder il with talcum powder
or starch. A little massage-soft
stroking with two fingers from the
point TO the root of the nose-is also
advisable. III veil be worn during
skating or riding the bicycle, it should
be only half size, so as TO leave the nos
trils uncovered, in order that the moist
ure may eyaporate unhindered. IL is,
of course, best 10 avoid the use OF the
veil altogether.
We have called attention TO this mat
ter because, in the first place, Rosen-
bach's view can be easily verified by OBJ
seryation and guarded questioning, and
also because IL there is any truth in il
land II seems easonable-women will
probably welcome n suggestion that
will restore TO their noses the natural
hue.-Philadelphia Medical Journal.