SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NOSE 



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you say, " My nose is running," and you have to use 

 your handkerchief every few minutes. 



In the case of such a cold as that you can neither 

 smell nor breathe easily. In fact, you really have to use 

 your mouth for breathing, instead of your nose, which 

 is a great misfortune. It is bad for your health and bad 

 for your looks. I have seen 

 children sit, and stand, and 

 walk, and play with their lower 

 jaw hanging down a little. 

 Probably they had no idea 

 how dull and foolish it made 

 them look, and certainly they 

 did not know that they might 

 injure their lungs by breath- 

 ing in that way. 



Even without any cold the 

 mucus keeps the nose SO damp WHERE AIR is WARMED AND 

 that the air itself grows warm 



and damp on its way to the lungs. This is precisely what 

 the lungs need. Then, too, between the damp skin and 

 the hairs of the nose the dust and the microbes are 

 almost sure to be caught and stopped from going any 

 farther. 



From all this it is very plain that we must do every- 

 thing we can to keep from catching cold, because we 

 cannot afford to have our nose stopped up for even 



