HINTS TO SLEEPERS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1698, 14 February 1888, Page 2

HINTS TO SLEEPERS.

It' is perfectly true that no one ever heard of a snoring savage. It fact, if the wild man of the woods and plains does not sleep quietly he runs the risk of being discovered by his enemy, and the scalp of the snorer would soon adorn the belt of his crafty and more silent-sleeping adversary. In the natural state, then, ‘ natural selection ” weeds out those who disturbs their neighbors by making night hideous with snores. With civilisation, however, we have changed all this. The impure air of our sleeping rooms induces all manner of catarrhal affections. The nasal passages are the first to become affected, Instead of warming the inspired air on its way to the lungs, removing from it the dangerous impurities with which it is loaded, the nose becomes obstructed. A part of the air enters and escapes by way of the mouth, the veil of the palate vibrates between the two currents—that through the mouth and the one still passing through the partially closed nostrils—like a torn sail in the wind. The snore then means that the sleeper’s mouth is partially open and his nose is partially closed, and that his lungs are in danger from the air not being properly warmed and purified. From the continual operation of these causes—the increase of impure air in sleeping rooms and permitting habitual snorers to escape killing and scalping—some scientist has predicted that in th® future’ aH men (and women too!) will snore. It goes along with decay of the teeth and bald-headedness.—Fireside.