Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05
What Makes You, Child
Stunted, Stupid and Deat9

sven 10 us These foreign partIclcs
d. uust' smoke, scales. and what not,
ts entnrius IN The air are prevented from
ehtering the lungs. when tho air ie
nlterec by this peculiar strnctnra nS
@ S nose. Another function which the
@ ,iose mas Is its antlseptlc function. ThIs
"oIu antiscptic" means opnosed 70
roSa ooNSins, opposed TO sepsis, opposed 10
poisohS produced in that way-msr
thn IT is In the nose. unless IL be
of ,ucus membrane itself. or the cells
.ne membrane covering the nose
destroying the organisms which enter
,, .nc nose. particularly the upper por
tions of the nose.
GERM DESTROYER
ne me upper portion of the nose is
fr, not because air does not 20
!, - a. as IN the lower portions, but
II mas that as the added function. ia
.ilose nave already named. OF destroy
tns germ life which might pass over i;
so much for this nose of ours in this
1uhctIoh or promoting health and con-
Giving tne' health OF the body Ayoin.
stated 1t had another func.
.iUn, besides the respiratory function.
Al nave said has been purely resplrn-
.ory-about breathing AS said IN the
beginning it has a smelling function
you nave all found that out; and it has
a vocal function-you all know .hat
because as soon as ii gets Stopped nm
you say you talk through your nose.
when you don't
stated that it had an auditory or
nearing function; and that is exceed
lhsiy important. There Is a small tube
winch leads from the throat immedi-
ateiy back of our tonsI into the ear
known as the middle ear; the tube Is
called, technically, the Eustnchian sube
care say that every one of you has
noticed the action OF it. The function
OF this tube seems to be to euuallZe the
pressure Of air within the chambo.
inside our ear. just inside the back
OF the drum. and that on the outside
the air passing back and forth from
the throat through this tube. This tube
is Immediately opposite the center @.
inc posterior opening OF our nose into
the throat; and every time the air
passes through the nose, back and
lorth. the current sweeps across the
mouth of the canal or tube: and In
sweeping past it, the current is sent
into and out of the car, so that the
pressure upon that membrane or druln
Is equalized on either side
POWER OF HEARING.
Destroy the equilibrium of that pres
sure and You destroy the power ot
hearing clearly. / dare say that every
one of you Nas noticed this. Did you
ever notice tNat sudden expansion as
If something WIS pressing on the sides
Of your head. Mu simply increase the
pressure of air " that tube against
the drum; and whNn the pressure was
greater inside than outside. you kear1
that roaring. 1t interfered with the
clear hearing. 1t has an important
This auditory or hearing func-
ton OF the nose Is a very important
one.
New then. since we have discussed
of the anatomy of the nose
and the functions of the nose let Us
discuss. for n little while, those things
that may interfere with these func-
tions. What may enter the life of the
child in the years of its development
that will influence its entire future, as
did the giving of the portion by The
father of the prodlgal son to that
same prodigal son, which determined
also his future?
First. the habit OF breathing Chill
dren are particularly liable to glandu-
lar overgrowth, Anything that hap
pens to a little child in the form of n
little cold. sickness of any kind. any
kind of disturbance. you will find the
kernels begin to form under its ears.
along It's jaws back of Its neck; and
II you had learned the process of pal
pating deeply through the abdomen.
when these glands are numerous, you
would find them enlarged These lynn
phatlc glands are way-stations on the
road back TO the lymph of the body.
TISSUES IN NOSE.
Children are particularly liable to
overgrowth of this Emphatic glandular
tissue The tonsil is composed of this
kind of tissue. You know. all of you.
what the tonsil is, located Just where
the mouth opens into the throat.
There is another one that you can't
see located Immediately back of the
nose. This nose of ours, by the way,
this posterior opening. If you could |
see it. IL YOU could take a head and |
cut 1t just through the ears. in its |
transverse diameter, and look be-
hind into the cavity of the mouth and |
nose, you would see the posterior |
opening of the nose into the throat |
10 be an inch and a half long 1t |
IS not a little oblong opening az the |
external is. II does not look like it |
at all 1t is almost the length OF the |
whole distance from the external |
opening to the root of the nose. since |
hat is all cavity that goes back into |
he throat Immediately behind the |
nose is another peculiar tonsil 1t is |
his one which. enlarged. Is known as |
In adenold This peculiar adenoid or
onsilar growth is not like the tonsil |
n the throat. 1t has the peculiar habit |
)f growing in minute lunches mark
edly like bunch of grapes. To feel It |
behind the palate. as we would feel
[ with our fingers at the root OF the
lose OF a child, 1t feels not unlike a
punch of very small grapes, some
lines very soft az II the grapes were
)ver-ripc. These sometimes increase in
'iZe to the extent that the whole pos
erlor opening of the nose is obstruct-
I'd
Now. let US see what happens when
he posterIor opening of the nose is
Instructed. The child has Partial. If
lot entire difficulty in breathing
through the nose. He Will breathe in
spite of anything The child has the
labit of fighting for air; so. to get
t. he Will open his mouth. He Will |
breathe through his mouth The
mouth was not intended. In the be-
ginning for a respiratory or breathing
,rgan. The air IL not moistened. II Is
lot warmed; II Is not filtered. These
hree important respiratory functions
,eIong to the nose-not the mouth:
he mouth Is not able to perform this
eryico. Immediately this air irritates
he throat and the tubes leading TO
he lungs: not only irritates the
hroat and tubes leading to the lungs
,ut 1t prevents the passing of the
current of air In front of the tube
eadlng to the ear and certain changes
occur in the ear.
CHEEK BONES.
Another thing 1 neglected to mem
ion in the beginning. when l was
describing a little of the anatomy of
he nose: Did 1t ever occur 10 you
hat these cheek bones OF ours are
.ery thin plates. that they arc hollow.