Show Nose Solutions Curb Number Of Operations By ay y DR JAMES JAl W. W BARTON ARTON T IS very gratifying to note IT the number of operations inthe in inthe inthe the nose and its adjoining sinuses is becoming fewer every year In former days any little TODAY'S blockage of the T H II HEALTH E A L nose by a bent septum partition COLUMN between nostrils or by an enlarged turbinate bone was corrected by opera opera- tion Operations often meant loss of the lining membrane of the nose with total or partial loss toss of smell and the loss of the resisting power of the nose in warding off infections also Today the use of salt and wa water ter or epinephrine or ephedrine ephedrine ephe- ephe ephedrine drine solutions by shrinking the lining membrane of the nose give the necessary relief relief relief re re- re- re lief in a great many cases This shrinking of the lining or mucous membrane also helps the mucous in the sinuses to drain out properly Nose and throat specialists state that if the air can get into the sinuses thus i- i ventilating them there would be no accumulation of mucous mucous mu mu- cons or pus in the sinuses and thereby I A many cases of catarrh catarrh ca ca- 4 and deafness would be prevented The drugs generally used to shrink shrin the Dr Barton mucous membrane are epinephrine adrenalin and ephedrine the Chinese drug In order to get the shrinking solution solution so so- solution lution into the upper and lower halves of the sinuses the method now coming into general use is to lower the head either well weB forward forward forward for for- ward or to either side Dr Sidney N N. N Parkinson Oakland Calif in inthe inthe inthe the Journal of the American Medical Medical Medical Medi Medi- cal Association recommends that the patient lie on his side with the head hend bent downward exactly sidewise sidewise sidewise side- side wise weight being on shoulder Shrinkage Methods Some shrinkage is first obtained by the use of ephedrine solution in inan inan inan an atomizer This may require five to ten minutes The patient is then placed in the sidewise low head-low position position position po po- po- po and solution of ephedrine is placed in both nostrils After three to five minutes the head is turned face downward to permit the solution solution solution tion and any mucous to come away from the nostrils Even when used at home salt epinephrine or ephedrine solutions by this simple method enable all the lining membranes to be reached and should give excellent results The spraying or placing of drops up the nose fails fails' to reach much of this lining membrane S Posture an and Abdominal Muscles FOR pOR OR a number of years I lectured to high school teachers all university university university uni uni- graduates on health and fitness fitness fitness fit fit- ness which information was handed on to the students whom they would teach I tried to point out that if a boy and girl were taught to sit and stand correctly correctly attain attain proper posture pos pos- ture they ture-they they would likely keep this in mind for themselves throughout life and anCl would likely watch the posture of their children An upright carriage car car- means mean more room for h heart art lungs stomach and intestine thus providing for those vital needs of the body body body-a a strong heart and lungs good mixing and absorption of food and the prevention of constipation It is interesting therefore to read in Hygeia the health magazine of the training of the West Point cadets cadets ca ca- ca- ca as record recorded eel by William J. J Baumer Baumer Baumer Bau- Bau mer Jr urge for Lifetime Fitness The purpose of the academy's athletic life is three Besides developing the cadet physically it must implant within him the urge for l lifetime fitness and it must teach him through instruction and practice practice tice how to teach others to take care of themselves physically and hygienically Through all his activities activities ties he is is being constantly reminded by his superiors t the e upper classmen classmen class class- men to double time very rapid marching twice as fast as the nary quick march or trot everywhere everywhere every- every where sit t UP Straight in U the mess hall eat slowly pull in his chin raise his chest and drag in stomach in his s It It is this holding in Or dragging drag draz Bragg Brag Brag- physical g ging in g i in n of the stomach that most directors emphasize to in teaching aching correct posture The cadet learns this his first da day an and Dever forgets it during his lifetime It would be worth while for all of us to stand sideways to a mirror in our natural manner Then do just one thing draw in the stomach abdomen and This one simple act act- drawing in the stomach tall will tall tell will give or standing us the ture correct pos pos- Released b by Western rn Newspaper Union |