The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-22
ADENOIDS, THEIR EFFECT AND REMOVAL.

Woods Hutchinson in recent issue of the
Saturday Evening Post tells Of Mouth Breath.
ing, Its Cause and Consequences" In very
able way He says that no child tecomes q
mouth breathey as long as he can breathe com.
forta bly, through his nose, and under ordinary
conditions he can breathe through his nose as
long as adenoids do not appear to stop up the
nasal passages Andenoids are located In the
roof OF the throat and are kind of spongy
growth which block up the posterior openings
Of the nostrls They are formed of numbers
Of lobules and the tissue appears to be like
that OF Emphatic glands or "kernel'' and as q
consequence the name ''adenoids" (gandlike)
was given to them.
The effect, however, is OF more Importance
than what they may be like Mr. Hutch
inson tells us that the results are direful
Mouth breathing, vacant look out OF the eyes,
stupidity, indifference and INSTRUMENTATION are
said to be the SYMPTOMS. The adenods impair
the chid's power OF attention and intelligence
Impaired hearing and deafness are frequent
results OF neglecting these growths in the
throat; as many rs tive.sixths of all cases OF
deafness In children are caused by them. Two
thirds OF all cases Of ear ache are attributed to
them These adenoids have the effect OF
arresting development in the child, The
chest Is small, the abdomen large and The child
handicapped. These are the children, so says
Mr.. Hutchinson, that In the schools are called
dull and stupid, They are not necessary
growths at all but are caused by colds In the
children. In the children from seven months
TO seven years they are frequently most notice.
able, though they are present 10 children's
Threats up to the Twelfth and fourteenth year.
They can be removed with little or no
pain to the child. The operation is said to be
most simple one. wire or dull instrument
being used to remove them because they are
not firmly attached to the solid tissue.
Our school children all over the land should
be examined and II found to be struggling un-
der this great disadvantage they should be re.
lieved by having these adenoid removed. AS
has been said the process OF removing them
eau hardly be said to assume the dignity OF an
operation. They can be removed with little or
no pain to the child and we are almost crimaily
guilty If we allow the children to 10 on In the
struggle Of life mpeded in this way.
When we see the open mouth, vacant ex
preston on the cOuntenance, short upper lip.
pnched and contracted nostrils, prominent
and irregular teeth, listless expression OF the
eyes, slow response to request or command lack
Of interest in work and play, impaired appetite,
restless sleep, curious general backwardness In
development, both bodily and mental, the
child being from one TO four inches below the
normal height, five to fifteen pounds under
weight and from one to three years behind his
proper school positions; when These things or
considerable proportion OF them are seen in
child, have him examined by competent
physician or surgeon. 1t is almost invariably
adenoids. Have them removed
Mr.. Hutchinson's conclusion in his article
is: 1T is no uncommon thing to have a child
Of seven jump three TO five inches in height six
to twelve pounds In weight and one TO three
grades in his schooling within the year follow
ing The operation Ten years more of intelli-
gent and hygienic teaching should see this
scourge OF childhood completely wiped out, or
at least robbed of Its possibilities for harm.
When this Is done at least two.thirds of all
cases of deafness, more than half OF al cases OF
arrested development and three fourths of
oackwardness in children will disappear"
II your child brcaths through his mouth
remember that that there is a cause for IL and
consequence TO IL, II taken la time by the
time he Is seven or eight years OF age-some
thing can easily be done that will stop the
mouth breathing with all It's attending conse-
quences that have been herein enumerated
This should not only interest parents but
teachers and school boards as well. We have
no right to allow child suffering from ade
noids 10 continue at such agreat disadvantage
in his entire development