Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-06-23
BETTER BABIES" CAMPAIGN
THE AFFECT OF DISEASED ADENOIDS
AND TONSILS ON THE HEALTH OF
THE CHILD

THE AFFECT OF DISEASED ADENOIDS
AND TONSILS ON THE HEALTH OF
THE CHILD
The following is the address of DR..
Edward NJ Vaughan, before the meet
ing held in our town on Tuesday and
Wednesday, May 18th and 18th. We
are publishing these addresses at the
request of number of our citizens, as
they contain much of interest and ben
eft:
ADDRESS
This subject is of highly important
character, interesting alike to mothers,
teachers of our public schools and the
practitioners of medicine. The future
of our nation rests entirely on the rugged
healthful, physical and and mental
growth of our womanhood and manhood.
With men and women physically deficient
a country cannot be strong and leading.
An unhealthy body retards or atrophies
the mental development. With diseased
organs located in ones body not perform
ing any natural physical function but
secreting toxines throughout the entire
system and loading every channel with
impure blood, the physical and mental
bodies cannot properly and sufficiently
develop. Hence the Importance of
early ascertaining in the life of child
the cause and affects of unnatural or
diseased glands located somewhere in
the human body | should like to i'm
press upon the mothers in attendance at
this baby contest the Importance of an
early medical examination of children
when abnormalities of health and action
show. DIR. Holt says adenoid vegeta-
one much neglected by the general prac-
titioner. 1t is the scource of more dis
comfort and the origin of more minor
ailments than almost any diseased con-
dton of childhood. Adenoid growths in
structure resemble the tonsils. Adenoid
vegetation was first given this name by
Myer who discovered them in 1868.
In infancy these growths are soft,
vascular and spongy. In older children
they become dense and fibrous. The
most prominent symptoms are:
1. Mouth breathing.
2. The child's sleep at night dis
turbed.
3. Respirations are loud and snorting.
4. Night terrors are common.
5. May wake up in a paroxysm OF
shortness of breath.
6. May be paroxysmal cough excited
by lying down.
7. Alteration in character and tone
of voice, with nasal twang.
8. Ear ache and deafness.
9. Nose bleed at night.
10. When the growths are low down
child will complain of choking when
swallowing fluids.
II. May be complete or partial loss
of smell.
IL. Breathing is more difficult when
eating.
13. Constant desire to swallow.
ID. Frontal headache.
Is. Chronic catarrh of nose and
throat, mechanical obstruction
16. General malnutrition anemia or
(impoverish blood so called.
II. Reflex nervous SYMPTOMS. The
catarrh shows itself by persistant nasal
discharge or head colds during the whole
winter. Inability to blow nose.
18. Spasmodic Group. The Growing
attacks of young infants-some authorl-
ties claim are due to adenoids. A spas
modic cough, persistent hoarseness, in
continuance of urine or bed wetting.
The removal of such glands have affected
a cure.
In early childhood one of the best
points of diagnosis between adenoid veg
citations and the other obstructive LESSONS
is the irregularity OF the teeth. Inc
affects are what?
Growths large enough to cause decided
nasal obstruction may in turn produce
| IL, of fha r..
| ing to positive deformity. Deformltles
| of chest may occur. There is no doubt
regarding the influence of heredity in
| the production of adenoids. In many
| cases they exist at birth. Children with
ricketts, more often are affected. Nc
connection with syphilis has been traced;
Tuberculous meningitis has been traced
| in few cases to these growths.
Eighteen months to three years are
the ages when the growths are firs'
noticed. The symptoms increase as age
progresses worse in winter. Better lr
summer. Until the ages of six and sever
are reached st. Vitus Dance, Epileptit
form seizures have been attributed t
such obstruction. The irregular breath
ing lessons the oxygen supply of sleep
! confinement to house due to colds ant
coughs causes an anaemic condition
stunted in growth, dull and stupid.
Children contract diptherla. tubercu
losls, measles, scarlet fever, mumps
whooping cough more easily and likely
to be severe in character. The symp
toms do not always depend upon tht
size of growth, for small growth may
cause marked symptoms. A caus'
which is very frequently at the bottom
of attacks of Otitis Media Tor middle
ear disease) is, adenoid growth IN tn
pharvnx. Just here 1t is we'll to TAX
into consideration the fact that man.
cases of running ears are considered b.
the general practitioner to be due t
teething. Every child which is norma
must cut teeth. But the running ca
which occurs at this time is not due t
the act of teething. 1t is coincidenc
not a result. If the nose and pharyn
were examined it would be found tina
there was Inflammation of the mucou
membranes, or infamed adenoids. Thi
is the cause of middle ear disease. Th
teething is not.
> It is true certain children do hav
bronchitis, fever, even convulsions a
the time of teething. In some case
, the relief of a sore gum is followed b
the relief of train of symptoms froI
which the child suffered. But am sur
that in a vast majority of instances tn
teethlng is only one of the factors in tn
set of symptoms. 1t is very rarely tn
cause except that sometimes it acts
the disturbing element which unsettle
the general vitality of the patient. DR.
Fussell says, "the sooner teething
banlshed from our vernacular the bette
for children.