The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-10-01
STUDY YOUR NOSE
1t Is a Most Wonderful Organ and
a Really Fine Furnace.
ACTS AS A PERFECT FILTER.
this Facial Ornament Strains, Heats
and Moistens All Air Drawn Through
II Into yhe lunss--Its Delicate Nerves
and MIcrobc Catching Mueus.

and Moistens All Air Drawn Through
II Into yhe Lunss--its Delicate Nerves
and Microbc Catching Mueus.
Ordinarily we regard our own or an
other persons nose from the stand
point of personal beauty. If the organ
Is IA becoming one IL wins our admira-
ton. and uifeSs occasion arises we
give it no further thought. \ delicious
or n repugnant odor reminds us at
times that we possess sense of smell
and a cold in the head Is apt to make
US wish that there was no such thing
as a nose.
Beyond these points. however. we
really penetrate. and as Il rule we fatl
to fully realize what an important part
of the human anatomy is this most
prominent feature Of the face
No stove or furnace that ever was
! made by man can equal in efficiency
the human nose. for the nose. in the
space of three inches and In two sec
onds of time. can raise the tempera-
ture of the air it draws in nearly fifty
degrees and ut the same time Saturate
il with moisture and thoroughly puri-
fy 1t.
The nose is really one of the most
extraordinary organs of the body. Its
nerves are more sensitive than those
of fingers or ears or eyes. for they can
perceive distinctly an almost incredi-
bly minute amount of Il Gas so subtle
| that its presence can he detected in no
other way II is also Il perfect filter
and thus the most important guardian
of the body against disease.
All air that is breathed into the
| lungs should he ut temperature Of
| nearly 90 degrees +. 1t should also he
moist. even wet. Cold. dry air Is fine
for the outside of the body. but has no
place in its interior. In heating the mir
the nose works on the principle of u
steam coil II is not merely two tubes
leading M into the head and so down
TO the throat. but from the bones on
either side three twisted bones curl
ont into the passage. one above the
other. each coated with elastic cuSh-
|
These form coils with great. hot.
damp surface. over which the mir
spreads as it is drawn up. Thus is
the mir warmed for its entrance to the
lungs.
\ furnace maker told the present
writer that any man who could invent
an efficient apparatus for mixing
moisture with air In its paSSa""
through Il hot air furnace could maize
fortune. AZ every device now in use
is only Il makeshift and of very lit
tie real value. The Almighty Maker
of the himan-and the animal-noSe
solved the problem. The entire sur
face of the inside of the nose is com
posed of membrane that pours forth
a rnid called muciiS This is composed
largely of salt wnter which is taken
NJ by the passing air until this is sat
mated before ii reaches the throat.
This nucus is also II microbe catcher
and Il dust catcher. Almost all the
dirt and germs of disease that enter
with the mir through the nostrilS are
| ;rlpped by the InucuS. The living en-
emieS are killed. for the mucus is anti
septic and Gcrmicidal. Thus the air l.
heated. moistencd and purified before
II reaches the lungs.
Air breathed in through the mouth Is
not warmed. moiStened or purified OK
ccpt Ia II very slight extent ConSe
qucntly it reaches the lungs cold. dry
! and indeu with dust and disease
Bronchitis tonSiitiS. diphtheria and
CONSUMPTION are the result.
The mucous membrane of the nose
is subject to diseases such rs catarrh
cold in !he head and hay fever
Adenoids grow In the back of the nose
and stop up its tubes. a simple and
easy operation will remove the latter
while the former If taken when they
first show themselves can he cured
without difficulty. II neglected they
nay become incurable. Thus not onl,
Ito they prevent the necessary warm
ing. mOistening and fltering of the air
but they spread and cause many dis
eases Of the throat and lungs and are
the cOmmoLcsl cause of serious and
Intensely painful trouble with THE
ears. New York World.