The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-01
PROPER BREATHING.
tNhALE THROUGH THE NoSTRIlS,
AND NOT THE MOUTH.
Normal Breathing VIII Help Mate
rally to Induce Perfect Develop
ment - without Normal Breathinx
Such DEVELOPMENT Is 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 cum /
cerned. And why Is IL that certain in
dividuals enjoy better health in GER
tain climates than in others?
To my mind. the reason in a major |
| ity of cascn s that they are mouth |
breathers ard 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 10 take every in
| spiration through the nose.
have taken the liberty TO divide
mouth breathcrs into two CLASSES. con-
| frmed 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. II is my custom
/ to engage the doubling one In conver-
/ sation or have him read for me. when
| he will be surprised 10 learn that he
has spoken several sentences or read
many paragraphs without once closing
his mouth. He Il is who. after lectur-
| 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 normal condition. physiolog
ically speaking. as possible. aud then
insist upon your patient using il. So
long as the spray. douche and solution
treatment generally are patroniZed
just so long will we fail 10 get good re-
suits. for. as DIR. Leland remarks. the
nose wants air and not water.
Douching and spraying are contrary
to nature and should never he prac
ticcd. =.
When the patient is mouth breath
er through habit. and tits may Ice de
termined by having him LrV.I;hr iirsi
through one nostril and then through
the other. IL is my custom TO order him
to breathe forcibly through lis ncs;r.ls
ut flie rate of one respiration per SCI.
ond for ten seconCs. this TO constitute
one exercise. TO be repeated often. per
haps eight or ten times duTin. the day.
He will find that this rioro than COM
pensates for his spray. for having used
the spray in the morning he * filled
up as he expresses IL. long before
noon. His nose lie can exercise at will
and thus keep II free. The exercise
prescribe for all patients during the
process Of repair following operations.
TO be continued until they are confirm
ed nasal breathers. A mouth guard
should be worn ct night for few
weeks.
IL we are going 10 cure nasal catarrh
and other respiratory difficulties. the
respiratory 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 by the probe; therefore we can
not depend upon that method. but
must note that these patches have a
characteristic appearance. They are
found not only In the nose. but often
times in the nasopharynx and pharynx
as well and are Of pale. waterlogged
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
-
the eustachian tube the individual must
become a nasal breather. Therefore ii
is absolutely essential to 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 thickened and perhaps
: irritable membrane.
The diiatation OF the cheeks 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
, tient being careful between times to
= continue his breathing exercise, are
. vastly superior to other forms of infia-
ton. Air is what the thickened eusta-
= chan orifice needs TO return il to q
: normal state. and this applies to the
: thickened or collapsed eustachian tube
. and middle ear as well. also the acces-
o sorry nasal cavities.
The oxygen treatment is familiar.
but why use oxygen artificially when
air breathed normally will supply it?
Q Your patient can go TO a milder eli
i mate and breathe with open mouth
n and be benefited. but would 1t not be
= far better for him to remain at home,
$ breathe through his nose and fully re-
cover?
d Commence with the babe. Make II a
a special point that II breathe through
l. the nose. il ii cannot know the reason
n why. Certainly II the Indian mother
recognized the necessity and insisted
that her babe breathe properly the civ
:, ilized mother of today should Follow
:. it from babyhood TO childhood. I'm
press the necessity upon il as child
O and. barring accident. II will never
e breathe otherwise. II it is found fol
v lowing an accident from fall or blow
that the nose Is not free have the faul
10 corrected. Normal breathing will helI
II materially TO bring about perfect de
s. velopment. and without normal breath
d ing such development cannot be at
tanned Medical Record.