Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-20
PROPER BREATHING.
,NHALE THROUGH THE NosTRtLS'
AND NOT THE MOUTH.

That nature intended man for all
climates is unQuestioned, but II man
live other than nature intended lie
should he must be content with dlre
consequences SO far as health is con-
cerned. And why is it that certain In
diyiduals enjoy better health In GER
tain climates than in others!
To my mind, the reason in a major
ity of cases is that they are mouth
breathers and bear better the milo
than the severe climate.
Who are afflicted with chronic nose
throat and chest affections? The mouth
hreather always, and we will new
er stamp out such conditions as pull
monary tuberculosis, together wlth
numerous other affections of the re-
spiratory tract, until we, the human
family, have learned to take every IN
spiration through the nose.
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 lie
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 ne
has spoken several sentences or read
many paragraphs without once closing
his mouth. He 1t 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 a normal condition, physiolog-
ically speaking, as possible, and then
insist upon your patient using 1t. 80
long as the spray, douche and solution
treatment generally are patronlzeu
lust so long will we fail to get good re-
sults. for. as DR.. Leland remarks, the
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 by having him breathe nrst
through one nostril and then through
the other, 1t is my custom to order him
to breathe forcibly through his nostrlls
at the rate Of one respiration per sec
pnd for ten seconds, this to constitute
pne 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 is filled
up." as he expresses it, long before
noon. His nose he can exercise at Will
and thus keep 1t 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 at night for Few
weeks.
If we are going to cure nasal catarrh
and other respiratory difficulties, the
respiratory tract being freed OF all OBJ
structions and irritable areas, the pa
tent 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, wateriogged
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 10
bring about q permanent patency OF
the eustachian tube the individual must
become q 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 q mechanical IT.
ritant and thus assisting the progress
of an already thickened and perhaps
irritable membrane.
The dilatation 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, oil
Professor Politzers method, the pa
tent being careful between times to
continue his breathing exercise, are
vastly superior to other forms of inta
ton. Air is what the thickened eusta
chan orifice needs to return it to q
normal state, and this applies to thf
thickened or collapsed eustachian tube
and middle ear as well, also the acces
sorry nasal cavities.
The oxygen treatment is familiar
but why use oxygen artiicially wher
air breathed normally will supply it?
Your patient can go to a milder eli
mate and breathe with open mouth
and be benefited, but would it not bt
far better for him to remain at home
breathe through his nose and fully re
cover?
Commence with the babe. Make 1t
special point that 1t breathe through
the nose, II it 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
It from babyhood to childhood. I'm
press the necessity upon 1t as child
and, barring accident, 1t will never
breathe otherwise. If it is found fol
lowing an accident from fall or blow
that the nose is not free have the faul
corrected. Normal breathing will he'll
materially to bring about perfect de
.velopment and without normal breath
ing such development cannot be at
tained.-Medical Record.