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

the lack of pressure of this air In
| cavities.
There is still another. Tho very floor
| OF the brain consists of a hollow
oone which has n little bone leading
| up through the nose. It in turn is also
dependent upon air pressure for its
development. So our very features
may be changed or If not changed
may fail 10 change in the right di-
| recton' by an obstruction at the back
OF inc nose preventing the proper
| breathing
CAUSE OF DEAFNESS.
There Is a worse thing than that The
| child oftentimes cannot breathe
through his nose. The current does
not pass through this tube leading to
the ears. 1t is not dilatcd; the end of
the tube collapses and closes. The
pressure is not equalizcd within the
ear; hearing IS interfered with. and
johnnie who, UP to this time, has been
| a very bright boy in school, suddenly
becomes inattentlve. The change oc-
ours almost in a week He loses his
power of attention He Is needless; his
mind wanders away and the teacher
has to say "Johnnie," Johnnie does
not stop. because he does not hear.
She says. Johnnie, Sit up" Johnnip
turns around startled; he had not
heard her. and because Johnnie. poor
unfortunate Johnnie. has his hearing
affected. he becomes ashamed of being
little bit deaf; he becomes ashamed
that he can't hear as we'll as other
children. His time will be occupied;
so Johnnie becomes the bad boy of the
school. He gets behind in his work
and Johnnie that was considered so
bright a few years ago. is now con-
sidered dull. little inspection would
show that Johnnie's dullness is due to
an adenoid growing at the back OF his
throat, at the back of his nose. inter
fcring with the proper exercise OF
breathing that Johnnie has his mouth
open nearly all the time. Johnnie's
nose is pinched; he does not spread his
noStrils when he breathes; he breathcs
constantly through his mouth; and
when the attention of the parent is
called to JohnnIe's condition. JohnnleS $
father says, "Oh, 1 breathe through my
mouth myself" and may be he does
because he had an ldcnoid when he
was a child, and he formed the habit
OF mouth breathing. and so Johnnie
formed the habit of mouth breathing
If the future generations shall be bet
ter than the present generatio the
present generations must be wise
enough, at least to correct the
evils that come upon the chill
dren who shall carry the work
of future generations-so Johnnie
shall not breathe through his mouth.
because his father breathed through
his mouth. nor suffer the chain of un-
toward conditions that his father suf-
fered; for these things can be so easily
corrected.
CAUSE OF STUNTED GROWTH.
Another thing-a very important
thlng; The business of the child is to
grow. When the child falls to breathe
through his nose, but breathes through
his mouth, the cold and dry and filthy
air. unfiltered and unclcan. passes into
his throat: it passes into the tubes
covered with a membrane so delicate
that 1t almost passes description, a
membrane that lines the tubes leading
to the lungs This air that Johnnie
breathes irritates his throat. he devel-
ops a cough, until mother says. Il am
afraid Johnnie Is getting into consump-
ton" Johnnie went into an adenoid
quite awhile before; that 1t what was
the matter. He irritates this delicate
lining of the tubes leading to the lungs,
and the cough is increased Johnnie
does not like pain any more than you
or I, so Johnnie will breath Just as
little as he can, and he uses only the
upper portion of his lungs; he does not
breathe deeply, his chest flattens and
his back bends, and Johnnie becomes
a at-chested stoop-shouldered little
boy that has chronic, hacking cough.
The business of the child is to grow
Johnnie does not get air enough into his
lungs to eXpend his lungs: Johnnie does
not get air enough into his lungs to
properly aerate the blood which goes
to those lungs for the oxygen so nee |
essary for the proper development of |
the tissues OF all his body The more |
delicate the tissue, the more readily il |
suffers. and the most delicate tissue is |
the tissue Of the brain and nerves |
Johnnie's brain. then, begins to suffer |
from oxygen starvation; it is not only |
the cough, but Johnnie does not get |
oxygen enough into his body to properly |
supply his body with that most neces- |
sary element for his proper growth. |
This. then. Is second reason why |
Johnnie should be dull If Johnnie
does not get air enough, or enough OK
ygen Into his body to properly supply |
the tissues with this necessary clement.
the function Of every organ becomes
deranged. The vitality of his body
becomes depressed, until he becomes
the subject of every trouble which
sweeps over the world Disease buf-
fets him about, from pillar to post. un-
til he suffers every known disease in
e"e uetalo6ue ol contagious ana all oil
1t can be laid at the door of the parent
who fails to recognize the first symp-
toms of obstruction to proper breath
ing So let me, in closing. say that
when the child comes to YOU and saws.
Father, give me my inheritance and
let me CO." see that the Inheritance
you have to give him shall be an in
heritance of strong body. of a knowl-
edge how TO live. particularly the
knowledge OF how to breathe. to keep
the nasal passages open-more lmpor-
tant than the sight Of your eye for the
proper enjoyment of life; and when you
have so taught your child how to
breathe. how to develop good features.
he will not come back to you In the
lapse OF time. broken and wasted. for
you to feed him again. TO try to re-
generate him by giving him the ratted
calf