Evening star., 1914-03-29

IN coughs originating IN this open-mouthed
W habit, snoring, and the sometimes dan
~ gerous practice of talking in ones sleep,
also corrected.
Of course all forms of catarrh includ-
ing hay fever, affecting the respiratory
passages, produce irritation, frequently
manifested in attacks of coughing The
air passages and the voice box" should
be put into good condition by qualified
expert, bent nasal cartlages Strengthened,
enlarged turbinated onesthe two that support the
bridge of the nose-pared down to normal and atten-
ton paid to bringing the system up to par.
IGHT here may be pertinent to mention that the
~ nasal douche universally employed is often
sponsble for distressing coughing spells and catarrhal
headaches" Not only the fluid itself be irritating,
but it may penetrate the bone snuses, openings.
One of the gravest dangers in fact is that water may
reach the middle through the Eustachan tube the
little canal running from the nostr to the ear) and
suppuraton and iddeear abscesses,- of the
most painful ills the human body suffer.
Remedies directed the relief of catarrhal coughs
as coughs have about the general effect have
moonbeams the growth of cucumbers In fact, they
about plane, in point of utility and
sense with the toothless old falacy that gn good for
the kidneys"
that all wool and yard wide, in that they what
they are represented to be- Yet whooping cough
has been caught in the act of deception. The whoop
has been separated from the cough and shown to be
merely symptom OF general cond1t1On caused Dy
germs identical in nature with those which dis
temper in dogs and "snuffes" in rabbits.
This demonstrates that whooping cough may not
only be transmitted from children, but also from in
eced animals. In any event. parents should learn that
various diseases Caught from pets. and that germs
germs, just much as Hpigs is pgs-only more
In connection with this distressing and dangerous dis
ease, it is encouraging to know that Dr. Emil Roux Of
the Pasteur Institute in Paris announced last June the
discovery by two French physicians of method of pre-
pairing solution containing living whooping cough
baci somewhat after the method described in recent
article in this magazine on stamping Out Typhoid"
This solution he injected into hundred and twenty
two children suffering from whooping cough Fifty of
these children recovered in less than three weeks
Whereas under ordinary treatment the midest attack
lasted months. All of which is helpful and step
in the right direction.
NONE who have ever listened month after month to
those pitifully ineffective efforts to dslodge that
which eating into living tissue forget the
Shock the horror the cruel remorselessness of the
tuberculouS cough. For what thousand years
the poor victim gasps and stranges, finally to expe
meager portion of that which is slowly sappng his life
Or orninous still is the telltale squirt of red If
ever patient needs expert, competent attention. he
requires it in tuberculosis He needs remedies that will
facilitate expectoration with the least deleerous effect
upon the Digestion and just the right amount of seda
tive relieve the irritation yet not lock up the
SecretionS
Fortunately, the modern treatment of tuberculosis
has worked miracles in relieving and curing those who
but few years ago considered doomed Now,
practically every case if it be in the early