Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

Did it ever occur to you that Life and
Death are almost always travelling in the
same direction on the same track. one a
little behind the other; that everything
| that man uses in life demands a human
toll? 1t is SO with the nose and throat
two parts of the body absolutely essential
to life; the air We breathe, the food we
eat and the water We drink enter there,
but by those very channels and by those
very acts may the agents of death be
admitted to the body. Unfortunately,
there is a wrong way as we'll as right
way about everything, and it is a sad
fact that it is about as easy to start
wrong as right. This is very true Of our
use Of the nose and throat The health
or the body depends on the correct use
or all the parts of the body. and those
very paris are very dependent upon each
other. For instance, the stomach is alb
sOiutely dependent on the mouth to pre-
pare the food. The best cooked and sea-
soned foods if placed directly into the
stomach would cause severe Distress be-
cause the act of chewing and masticating
the food in the mouth is really a part of
digestion. If air was taken directly over
the sensitive mucous membrane of the
bronchial tubes into the delicate air cells
OF the lungs. all manner of Inflammation
might start and serious trouble ensue. so
the nose is an essential part of respira-
ton. as 1t prepares the air for entrance
to the lungs. =
Careful experiments have proved that
there is strong protection in any
healthy body tissue against infection OF
disease, and it has been proven that. in
lower animals an infection or introduce
ton of disease into. the windpipe bron-
ehial tubes or lung was impossible, as
long as that animal breathed normally
through it's nose. but in young animals
that had Obstructed nasal breathing and
were forced to breathe through their
mouths there was retarded body develop
ment, poor growth of the bones of the
body, and they died early of bronchitis
or pneumonia.
The human being is continually in the
presence of disease germs. In fact, there
are germs of disease that are always
present on the mucous membrane or sur
face of the nose and mouth, yet as long
as good health is maintained they have
no effect and can only gain an entrance
to the system and cause disease when
the body becomes run down or of low
cred vitality. From the foregoing re-
very essential for health to properly
breathe through the nose. and the great
necessity Of curing any defect or disease
that prevents nasal breathing.
One of. the most common causes or OBJ
structed nasal breathing is the adenOid
growth. which is a tonsil situated above
the palate and back of the nose. This
growth is a soft mass of lymphoid It's
sue that becomes enlarged from attacks
of measles scarlet fever, grip. ETC., in
early childhood. If an enlarged adenOfd
is allowed to remain in a child the child
is Handicapped by all the difficulties of
mouth breathing. it does not develop and
has frequent colds and attacks of bron-
chitis. The child cannot eat as it should
because the mouth is dry from breathing
through it.
This delayed development and imper-
feet supply Of proper air to the lungs and
oxygen to the blood affects the brain and
the child is backward with studies, is
less quick to understand instruction and
is more apt to form vicious habits than
healthy child. This interference with
nasal breathing and enforced mouth
breathing in the growing period of life
also has effect on the development of
the face, and the roof of the mouth may
become highly arched with protruding
upper front teeth instead of a low. broad
arch. An enlarged adenoid growth is