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However, the province of the physician does not stop here. 

 After seeing that a pure atmosphere is provided, he must see 

 that the individual is able to make the fullest use thereof. No 

 one realizes this more than the physician who has much practice 

 among children. 



It is a lamentable fact thai many children, otherwise well cared 

 for, are allowed to suffer from lack of sufficient air because of 

 some nasal or pharjmgeal defect whereby free respiration is in- 

 terfered with. The importance of correcting such common de- 

 fects as enlarged tonsils, adenoid growth, deformities and 

 growths within the nose is a matter all too little appreciated by 

 the laity, and countless children are left to suffer the effects of 

 neglect of these conditions, never attaining their full mental or 

 physical development in consequence thereof. 



