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of joking, we should earnestly impress the snorer with 

 the importance of getting rid of the habit ! Fixing the 

 habit of nose breathing will stop the snoring and also 

 result both in better rest and in generally improved 

 health. 



The atmosphere of houses heated by furnaces or 

 stoves in winter is not favorable to a healthy nose, un- 

 less care is taken to provide the air with sufficient 

 moisture. Such air takes up too much of the secretions 

 from the lining of the nose passages, and so the dust 

 of the air breathed in is not stopped. On this account, 

 the mucous lining becomes irritated. Crusts are formed 

 which are likely to crack and be torn off, injuring the 

 tissues underneath and paving the way for germs. As 

 such crust often itches, children scratch or pull it off. 

 This should not be done, for germs are ever ready 

 to attack such delicate, unprotected places, a longer 

 period of soreness and discomfort being the natural 

 result. When the nose passages feel dry, it is an ex- 

 cellent plan to inject a plentiful amount of saturated 

 solution of boracic acid with an atomizer. This relieves 

 the dry, irritated condition, and helps to remove the 

 dust. Both the atomizer and the boracic acid solution 

 are inexpensive. 



A healthy nose can take care of a normal amount of 

 dust. However, where one's employment is such that 

 an unusually large quantity of dust is in the atmos- 

 phere breathed, a respirator to strain the air should 

 be worn. This is especially necessary in such work as 



