ore liable
to disease; he may thus acquire ailments that may affect his whole
subsequent life. The mental side of a child's development is also
affected by the presence of adenoids, so much so that actual statistics
prove that these children cannot keep up with their classes in the
public school.

We must therefore regard the presence of adenoids as a serious
menace to the health and comfort of the patient. It has already been
pointed out in discussing other diseases that before a cure of these
diseases could be permanently accomplished it would be absolutely
necessary to remove the adenoids, which were, no doubt, the actual
cause, or an important contributing cause, of the disease. Such
conditions as catarrhal laryngitis, croup, chronic recurring winter
coughs, acute catarrhal rhinitis, "snuffles", "cold in the head",
chronic catarrh, bronchial asthma, incontinence of urine, "bed-wetting",
"nose-bleeding", headaches in growing children, anemia, deafness, night
terrors, defective speech, diphtheria, consumption, are frequently
caused by the presence of adenoids.

These patients contract certain diseases easier than other children, and
when they do, they have them more severely; such diseases are
diphtheria, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, measles, and whooping cough.

Adenoid children are, as a rule, in better health during the warm,
equable, summer weather than during the changeable, uncertain weather we
have in the winter months. If the case is neglected, and if the adenoids
have existed for a long time, the growth of the child is impaired. He
remains small and stunted, and the expression of the face is dull and
stupid. The temperament and disposition are affected also; such children
are languid, listless and depressed.

How to Tell When a Child Has Adenoids.--Children with well-developed
adenoids are "mouth-breathers." Instead of breathing through the nose
they breathe with the mouth open, especially when sound asleep. If a
child has a discharge from its nose and a chronic cough, both of which
resist treatment, and if in addition it is a mouth-breather, it is safe
to investigate the naso-pharynx for adenoids. If a child with these
symptoms is not in good health, is listless and depressed, looks stupid,
snores at night, has difficulty in breathing and cannot blow its nose
satisfactorily, is troubled occasionally with "nose bleeds" and
headaches, we may be satisfied that the child has adenoids, as no other
condition