Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-12-09
PROPER BREATHING.
INHALE THROUGH The NoSTRILS,
AND NOT The MOUTH.
Normal Breathing WIN Help Mate
rally to Indace Perfect Develop
ment = without Normal Breathing
such Development IL Impossible


That nature intended man for all
climates Is unquestioned. but IL man
live other than nature intended he
should he must be content with dire
consequences so far as health is con
cerned. And why is it that certain in
dividuals enjoy better health in GER
tain climates than i'm others?
To my mind. the reason in a major.
ity OF cases is that they are mouth
breathers and bear better the mild
than the severe climate.
Who are afflicted with chronic nose
throat and chest affections? The mouth
breather always, and we will new
er stamp out such conditions as pull
monary tuberculosis. together with
numerous other affections OF the re-
spiratory tract, until we. the human
family, have learned TO take every in
SEPARATION through the nose.
l have taken the liberty to divide
mouth breathers into two classes, con
firmed and moderate. The first breathes
almost continually with open mouth
The second is not conscious that he
breathes other than through the nor
NAL channels and Will not admit that
he does otherwise until you convince
him such is the case. 1t is my custom
to engage the doubling one in CONVEX
sation or have him read for me. when
he will be surprised TO learn that he
has spoken several sentences or read
many paragraphs without once closing
his mouth. He il is who. after leCIur-
ing or reading aloud or perhaps sing
ing. is dry OF mouth and husky OF
speech and wonders why.
Treatment: Restore the nose to as
nearly Il normal condition. physiolog-
ically speaking. rs possible. and then
insist upon your patient using it. 80
long as the spray. dOuche and solution
treatment generally are patronizcd
just so long will we fail to get good re-
suits, for. as Or Leland remarks. thu
nose wants air and not water
Douching and spraying are contrary
TO nature and should never be prac-
ticed
When the patient is mouth breath
er through habit, and this may be de-
termined 10y having him breathe first
through one nostril and then through
the other. it is my custom TO order him
10 breathe forcibly through his nostrils
ut the rate OF one respiration per sec
ond for ten seconds this TO constitute
one exercise 10 be repeated often. per-
haps eight or ten times during the day
He will find that this more than com
pensates for his spray, for having used
the spray in the morning he is "6lled
up as he expresses IL, long before
noon. His nose he can exercise at Will
and thus keep it free. The exercise
prescribe for all patients during the
process Of repair following operations
10 be continued until they are confirm
ed nasal breathers. 4 mouth guard
should be worn at night for few
weeks.
II we are going TO cure nasal catarrh
and other respiratory difficulties. the
respir9 tory tract being freed OF all OBJ
structions and irritable areas. the pa
tient must be taught TO breathe nor
mally.
Irritable areas are not always de-
tected 10y the probe; therefore we cea-
not depend upon that method. but
must note that these patches have
characteristic appearance. They are
found not only in the nose. but often
times in the nasopharynx and pharyux
as we'll and are OF pale, waterloggcd
appearance. They may be obliterated
Surgically or by cauterization. and II
the nose thereafter is properly used
like areas do not return. This may be
said for all hypertrophic removals. To
bring about a permanent patency OF
the eustachian tube the Individual must
become nasal breather. Therefore il
is absolutely essential 10 overcome or
permanently improve most varieties OF
deafness and tinnitus aurium that the
patient breathe through the nose at all
times. The eustachian catheter is Of
ten harmful, acting as a mechanical ir-
ritant and thus assisting the progress
Of an already thickcned and perhaps
irritable membrane.
The dilatation OF the checks Of the
patient and the imitation perhaps for the
first few treatments OF air medicated
and thereafter with air in its purity, or
Professor Politzer's method. the pa
tent being careful between times 10
continue his breathing exercise. are
vastly superior 10 other forms Of india
ton. Air is what the thickened euSta-
chan Orifice needs 70 return il 10 4
normal state, and this applies 10 the
thickened or collapsed eustachian tube
and middle ear as we'll, also the aces
sorry nasal cavities.
The oxygen treatment is familiar.
but why use oxygen artificially when
air breathed normally will supply il?
Your patient can go 10 a milder eli
mate and breathe with open mouth
and be benefited. but would il not be
far better for him to remain ut home.
breathe through his nose and fully re-
cover?
Commence with tine babe. Make it n
special point that il breathe through
the nose. if il cannot know the reason
why. Certainly if the Indian mother
recognized the necessity and insisted
that her babe breathe properly the civ
iliZed mother of today should. Follow
il from babyhOod TO childhood. I'm
press the necessity upon il rs child.
and, barring accident. il will never
breathe otherwise. IL il is found fol-
lowing an accident from a fall or blow
that the nose is not free have the fault
corrected Normal breathing will help
materially TO bring about perfect s,ie-
velopment, nd without normal breath.
Ing such development cannot he at.
talned.-Medical Record