SCIENCE OF BREATH. 



tieas, as the savage and barbarian races almost invariably 

 breathe correctly. It is probable that this unnatural habft 

 among civilized men has been acquired through unnatural 

 methods of living, enervating luxuries and excessive 

 warmth. 



The refining, filtering and straining apparatus of the 

 nostrils renders the air fit to reach the delicate organs of 

 the throat and the lungs, and the air is not fit to so reach 

 these organs until it has passed through nature's refin- 

 ing process. The impurities which are stopped and retained 

 by the sieves and mucous membrane of the nostrils, are 

 thrown out again by the expelled breath, in exhalation, 

 and in case they have accumulated too rapidly or have 

 managed to escape through the sieves and have penetrated 

 forbidden regions, nature protects us by producing a sneeze 

 which violently ejects the intruder. 



The air, when it enters the lungs is as different from 

 the outside air, as is distilled water different from the 

 water of the cistern. The intricate purifying organization 

 of the nostrils, arresting and holding the impure particles 

 in the air, is as important as is the action of the mouth 

 in stopping cherry-stones and fish-bones and preventing 

 them from being carried on to the stomach. Man shouTd\ 

 no more breathe through his mouth than he would attempt/ 

 to take food through his nose. 



Another feature of mouth-breathing is that the nasal 

 passages, being thus comparatively unused, consequently 

 fail to keep themselves clean and clear, and become clogged 

 up and unclean, and are apt to contract local diseases. 

 Like abandoned roads that soon become filled with weeds 

 and rubbish, unused nostrils become filled with impurities 

 and foul matter. 



One who habitually breathes through the nostrils is 

 not likely to be troubled with clogged or stuffy nostrils, 

 but for the benefit of those who have been more or less 

 addicted to the unnatural mouth-breathing, and who wish 

 to acquire the natural and rational method, it may per- 

 haps be well to add a few words regarding the way t<> 

 keep their nostrils clean and free from impurities. 



A favorite Oriental method is to snuff little water 



