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Show Your Health Drop Tonsils, Adenoids ' Under Two Conditions By James W. Bartoa. M. D. It la hard to understand why parcnta with at least aa much braina aa ths rcat of ua continue to lat thai r, . ; jr o u n g a ten go s-.df ' about with an- j 'J ' . '! , A larged tonailt and ' fl adenoids, which Lv jap I takea all the mu- f, . T steal tone out of f " . J f their voices. We ' 1 speak of an eh V i children aa talk- jt Nam-- tng through their fX ; noses, when aa a I 'J" matter- of fact I X JN the noil la1 -ITT" blocked by ade- Ur' Bto" noida and enlarged tonaila ao that they cannot use the sounding board of the voice the sinuses. unusually Urge and clear. This, of course, accounted for the great volume and resonance of his magnificent mag-nificent voice, family physicians have advised many parenta to have the tonsils of their children removed, re-moved, even when there ia only slight enlargement and no infection, infec-tion, because of the possibility of severe tonsillitis, then rheumatic fever followed by heart disease. Tonsils should remain in the throat until the age of puberty unless infected in-fected or so greatly enlarged aa to interfere with breathing. In "Modern Medicine of Canada,' Cana-da,' Dr. George R. Gordon, Birmingham, Birm-ingham, Alabama, suggests that in the following two conditions the tonsils should always be removed. 1. Interference with proper breathing, breath-ing, swallowing or apeaking. 3. Definite evidence of old or chronio infection of the tonsils, particularly particular-ly repeated attacks of tonsillitis.. Tonsils should be removed between attacks if possible. Too often tonsils ton-sils ara removed because they might be causing Infection when an examination by k throat specialist special-ist would show tonaila to be free of Infection. Tonsils are useful filters fil-ters if normal, but dangerous if infected, aside from affecting the voice. ifou can produce this flat note in your own voice by closing nostrils nos-trils with thumb and finger when you apeak. If the nose la well ventilated, the sinuses will be ventilated also and the full round voice will be produced. An X-ray expert statea that he examined the X-ray platea showing the sinuses in the head of the world's greateat tenor of modern mod-ern times, Caruso, and they were Never neglect the common cold, aa it may often be the forerunner of other mors dangerous condt--ttonsvaaid 10 cents and a 3-cent stamp, to cover cost of handling and mailing, to The -Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram, Home Service Bureau. Salt Lake City 10, Utah, and ask for the Barton booklet entitled "The Common Cold." |
