Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-04

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
MAJ channels and will not admit that
he does otherwise until you convince
him such IL 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 it IL 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 a normal condition, physiolog-
jcally speaking, as possible, and then
insist upon your patient using it. So
long as the spray. douche and solution
treatment generally are patronized
just so long will we fail to get good re-
suits, for, as DR.. Leland remarks, the
nose wants air and not water.
Douching and spraying are contrary
% nature and should never be prac-
ticed.
When the patient 10 q mouth breath
o. through habit, and this may be de-
termined BY having him breathe flrst
through one nostrn 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 Sc
end for ten seconds, this to constitute
one exercise, to 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 in '.hlled
up" a. he expresses 1t, long before
noon. His nose he can exercise at viii
and thus keep 1t free. The exercise /
prescribe for all patients during the
process Of repair following operations
20 be continued until they are confirm
I'd nasal breathers. A mouth guard
should be worn at night for 4 few
weeks.
IL we arc going to cure nasal catarrh
and other respiratory difficulties, the
respiratory tract being freed Of all OBJ
strucdons 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 =
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
surgicaily or by cauterization, and III
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 II
y 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 mechanical If
ritant and thus assisting the progress
Of an already thickened and perhaps
irritable membrane.
The dilatatton Of the cheeks Of the
patient and the imitation perhaps for the
first few treatments OF air indicated
and thereafter with air in its purity, or
Professor PolitZer's method, the pa
dent being careful between times to
continue his breathing exercise, are
vastly superior to other forms of infla.
ton. Air IL what the thickened eusta
chan orifice needs to return 1t to 1
normal state, and this applies to the
thickened or collapsed eustachian tube
and middle ear as well. also the acces
sorry nasal cavities. ....... --.....s
The oxygen treatment is familiar.
but why use oxygen artificially when
pir breathed normally VIII supply it,
Your patient can 60 to mildcr ell
mate and breathe with open mouth
and be benefited, but would it not be
far better for him to remain at home.
breathe through his nose and fully re-
cover?
Commence with the babe. Make It q
special point that it breathe through
the nose, If 1t cannot know the reason
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 # as a child
and, barring accident, It will never
breathe otherwise. II It Is found fol-
lowing an: accident from fall or blow
that the nose il not FIRE have the fault
corrected. Normal breathing will help
materially to bring about perfect de-
Selopment, and without normal breath
ing such development cannot b 1t
tained Medical Record.