Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05

lated to the nose and mouth OF chill
dren. 1t is reproduced In part from the
report furnished by F. w. ottorstrom.
Church stenogrSpner:
The external organ which YOU recoe.
nize ns the nose serves chiefly as a
feature. Perhaps II never occurred L.,
YOU that that peculiar feature pjvea
more individuality to the face of IFS
possessor than any ether single feature
The shape of the nose, il changed
greatly, makes a wonderful dise,lIse for
the individual. II has, however. dis
tnct functions other than that of being
o feature. which may be considered.
Or may not be considered. according
TO the taste of the Individual. more or
less oeautltul, The shape of the nose.
II itself Is not deformed, does not In
any way Influence It's function ne
piece of our anatomy. There are four
principal functions belonging to this
nose oi ours. 1t has n respiratory func-
tion-it is the scat of the sense of smell
1t has q vocal function. Did IL ever
occur 10 you that The expression talk
ing through the nose" is n paradox?
When we talk through our noses, we do
uVl use OuT HOSES. WhGn ta1L
through our noses. we Just fail to use
our noses in talking. Hold your nose
and Try 1t. That peculiar nasal uuaIi-
ty which Is given to the voice when
the nose Is chokcd, OF when there is
an obstruction to the free PASSAGE of
air through the nose. which Is called
talking through the nose" is. by tn,
way, the failure to talk through the
nose. 1t has an auditory or hearing
function. What, Hear with our noses?
NO, but 1t has an auditory or hearing
function. which you will plninly see
when | have described briefly the anat-
tony of our noses. 1t Is covered with
skin Ike the rest of our faces or
bodies, a number of very small mus
cles covering the bridge OF the nose, or
central portion; some six small muscles
at the side of the nose which give the
nose the power to expand and contract
at the external orifces
BONES OF THE NOSE.
Besides these muscles which control
the size or aperture Of the external ori-
fees. as We call them technically, there
are some six pieces OF cartilage, small
pieces of bone. near the outside. form
ing partition or septum that sep
arate perfectly the two sides of the
nose; and six curved spongy bones in
side the nose that divide this organ into
three chambers on each side, which
have, however, free communication.
These chambers are not perfectly sep
arated one from the other. but have
distinct functions These spongy bones
are known as turb.nates.
They are for the purpose OF creating
greater surface than that of the
nose, because of the folding. than would
otherwise exist within the nose They
have another function. I will explain.
directly, why that greater surface
ought to exist-why that in the mighty
wisdom of Providence, 1t was q good
Thing to put 1t into our noses You
Will recognize. by the way. that since
there is greater surface within the
nose. because of this, that the air pass
ing through the nose would come in
contact with this greater surface. Why
should the air come In contact with a
greater surface? For many reasons.
The first reason Is that the air. per-
haps, that we breathe is very much
dryer than the inside of our noses, the
inside of the tubes OF our throats, or
the tubes leading to the lungs The
nose. then. being moist has as its
function the production of fluid which
covers the membranes lining this cavi-
ty and gives TO the air passing through
the nose the moisture that it needs,
until the air passing through is satu-
rated with moisture. This prevents.
YOU will see, the abstraction of mois-
turo from the throat. as the air passes
over the throat; II prevents the alb
of moisture from the throat
and from The tubes leading to the lungs
as we'll as the nose. and l will say that
the anatomy OF the parts OF the throat
is such that they are not suited for the
production. rapidly. of moisture suf-
fcient to moisten the air as ii passes
This moisture is produced by
a large number of minute glands.
WORK OF THE GLANDS.
A gland is a specialized portion of |
the body. having TO do a certain work. !
The gland over the eye, near the out |
side has as its special function the |
production Of a watery fluid known !
as tears. Some OF you have, possibly. |
known how hard that gland can work |
and what a large amount OF moisture |
can be produced in a limited time. So |
in the nose, the glands there espe- |
cially f1t that organ for the production |
OF moisture to moisten the air as 1t |
passes through; and the throat is not |
20 made That. then, will clear up the |
question of why the air should not pass |
over the throat in dry or unsaturated |
condition
Next, since this surface is great with |
in the nose. since the total surface is |
large but no single space is great. the |
nir passing through will all come in |
contact with tho surface of our noses, |
will 1t not? and that there isn't any |
central current of air that Will pass |
through our nostrils, being central, not |
coming In contact with the membranes |
covering the nose. Since that is the
case. that every particle OF air comes |
in contact with the membrane OF the |
nose. il Is not only moistened but 1t is
warmed. our throJts need this help. |
You have all experienced, going out In |
a frosty, foggy morning, your nose |
stopped up, and you gaspinG through !,
your mouths, ii is only a moment or |
two until you were coughing undicat-
iDg) not because the air was not sat
urated with moisture-because Ii was
very foggy morning. and to the air
was added an amount of moisture
which could not be held In suspension, |
because OF over -saturation of the at |
mosphere at that temperature; so the
saturatIon was not the point. Some
thing else was the irritant and the |
cause of that little hacking cough that |
you developed In the course of a few /
minutes after YOU came in contact with |
the atmosphere OF the morning II was
the cold acting as an irrltant upon the
delicate membranes of the throat. Why |
shouldn't the throat act, as VOL as the
nose. as a sort of human stove 10 warm
the air before it goes into the lungs? |
Because the throat is not so vascular |
as tho nose. The nose has been so
constructed that there is very large |
amount of blood coming TO that organ
FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD.
So nature has provided an excess OF
blood ss;,!, by the way. I want TO tell
YOU tnat the blood is the carrier of the |