West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-01-13
Breathe Through Your Nose as the
Indians and Babies DO

Indians and Babies DO
The Bible tells us that man was clay
until the Lord "breathed into his nos.
trils the breath OF life and man be-
came living soul" In recent ad-
dress on the porils OF mouth breath
ing, Or. NJ. ]. Emelin, a New York
dentist, used this quotation TO empha-
size the truth that man was intended
by his Creator to breathe through his
nose and not through his mouth.
THE wisdom and the truth OF this
Biblical transmission" no continued.
gives us a golden rule for the intorli-
gent mode OF respiration. and II at
once defines what normal and health
ful breathing is. The breath OF air
must enter the nostrils and involun-
tarily rotrace It's own wondrous path.
I'VE read OF the need for disinfoct-
Ing books, sterillzing milk. laundering
paper money, sterilizing the telephone
mouth piece, employing rubber gloves
In surgery, the anti-inoculation fad
and many other sorts OF bacteria pho
bias would Il not be wiser and more
humane TO expend these energies up
on the mouth, the nose, the teeth? In
the discussion OF measles as an infec-
tious disease, Flessinger has said
the danger is I'm the mouth
and nasal passages of the people-and
they disinfect the furniture" One of
the direst of human misfortunes Is 10
inherit or acquire an obstruction
which closes. more or less, the nasal
passages and compels respiration
through the mouth"
The nostrils were specially made for
fltering and purifying the air. "The
atmosphere is nowhere pure enough
for mans breathing until it has pass
ed the mysterious refining process OF
the nose. In inhaling, the air ia
strained first through n mass OF hair
sentinels: II then passes through tor
tuous passages lined with mucus
glands, the secretion OF which catches
the minute germs with which the mir
." ''N'"' anu hiiiS lncIl. III passing
through these coils II is warmed and
IFS almost microscopic Impurities are
precipitated. Then Il strikes a soft
curtain almost at right angles and
passes down into the wind pipe ready
TO be turned into the multitude of tiny
pipes and cells that lead TO the reser
'oir. our lungs.
As it goes up into the chambers
BACK OF the nose IL aerates the many
cells in the bones of the upper part
OF the face, where II stimulates the
nerves of the head. Air that is in
hailed through the mouth never
reaches these recesses and their Sc
cretions stagnate and cause foul
breath. catarrh and serious ear trou
bles
"Habitual mouth breathing said
DR.. Emelin, "is a characteristic of the
nenasthenic personality, and is pecu-
llarly associated with the psychasthe-
mic mind. II is n morbid phenomenon
and is one OF the predominant factors
of human breakdown Mouth breath
Ing has destroyed more lives than war.
pestilence and famine combined.
Mouth breathing is manifestation OF
starved and exhausted nervous sys-
TEN. Nervous and sanguine temper
aments offer the largest number of
victims.
The co-partner OF Mrs. Mouth
breathing is the disagreeable Mr..
Snoring. DR. Abernathy. a cen
tury ago, said that to be healthy and
happy one must keep the feet warm.
head cool. bowels open: and would
add, the mouth shut"
Dr. Emeline pointed out that
breathing through the mouth dries up
the saliva, which is natures own tooth
preserver and oral disinfectant THE
degree Of tooth decay will be found to
exist in strict ratio TO the extent of
mouth breathing. Each mouthful of
air means another step nearer the
dentists chair. another premature
wrinkle. another gray hair, another
cough"
Dr, Emelin cited the case OF George
Catlin. who, when he went out sixty
years ago TO draw and paint the In
dians, was feeble and consumptve and
found he could not sleep In the open
air. But after observing that the In
dians breathed exclusively through
their nostrils while he had always
breathed through his mouth. ne forced
himself 70 use his nose until he was
able 70 stand any exposure by night
or day and grew stronger than he had
ever been in his previous thlrty-four
years
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~Wolfl"