The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
THE RATIONAL CONCEPTION OF
AnENOInS

We were just READY LOT bne opera
ton, which the little tin doctor
nurse or teacher) had decided upon,
when the bell rang, the other day. I
suspect this scheme of ringing off Is
one of the censor's, for dang If It
doesn't go ing-dong just as I get
warmed up and on the verge Of say
ing something.
The typal "adenoh facies," or open
mouth stupid appearance, featured in
ancient doctor books as sufficient mo-
tive for perpetrating an operation,
especially if the child seemed less
bright than nurse or teacher thought
he should be, has led to many useless
or harmful adenoid operations in
those crude shops that appeal to the
credulity of the public under the name
of clinic" "dispensary" or hospital"
any dodge whereby the brass surgeon
can get a little practice without hon
estly using his own name in the rack
ct. You see, 1t is all right for him
to employ any means to catch suck
ers so long as he keeps his own name
out of it. A 'clinic" or a hospital
may resort to all the wiles of quach-
cry for attracting trade, when in fact
the clinic" consists of a huddle OF
three or four ambitious young doctors,
or the hospital" is nothing but a
closed corporation of dozen or 20
doctors.
Mouth breathing and irregularities
of the teeth and the formation Of the
Jaws. and such faults as pigeon
breast, though generally associated
with nasal obstruction, by no means
spell adenoid enlargement. The OBJ
struction Of the free passage OF ali
through the nose is as likely to be
due to simple chronic rhinitis, a thick
ened turbinate, polyp or a foreign
body.
In no case can physician be rea.
sonably sure a patient has adenoid:
until he has felt the adenoid with his
finger or seen it directly with his eye
or indirectly by means Of throat mir.
ror. Sometimes it is possible to see
the adenoid mass through the nose
but always it is a simple matter fol
the physician to inspect the vault Of
the pharynx by retracting the soft
palate and using suitable mirror II
the throat. Beware of the quack who
assumes adenoids are present with
out troubling to make such an inspec.
ton, or, what is less comfortable to-
the patient, inserting finger through
the mouth into the vault Of the
pharynx and feeling the adenoid
mass.
Today good physicians advise re.
moval of adenoids only when the pa
tent suffers some definite pathology
cal effects. These are Cd constant
or frequently recurring coryza or run
ming at the nose, with or without
hacking cough, CD deafness, 90 ker-
nels tenlarged lymph nodes o.
"glands'D on the sides Of the neck.
The modern conception of the ton.
sill and adenoid question is radically
different from that of 30 years ago
We know that faulty nutrition in in.
fancy and early childhood has much
to do with the state Of the adenoic
tissues in every part of the body, anc
with the development of the teeth
and the bones. Inadequate rations o.
Vitamin d and perhaps other vita
Minis will permit not only ricketts, but
other growth defects, and there 1,
good reason to think that this same
nutritional disorder is responsible fol
the faulty development Of the jaws
and the palate and the nasal pas.
sages AND the adenoids.
See that infants and children re-
ceive plenty of pure RAW milk-il
it isn't CERTIFIED milk, ask YOU
own physician or your local health Of.
ficer whether the raw milk available
in your community Is safe for child