An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . lower jaw causes the face to appear elongated. The nose is pinchedor its aire distended, while the angles ofthe mouth and eyes have a drawn appear-ance. Moreover, the air-cavities in commu-nication with the nose, as the frontal,maxillary, sphenoidal, and ethmoidal sin-uses, which are essential to the proper ex-pansion of their respective bones, ceaseto develop when the circulation of airthrough the nose is interfered with, thusaltering natures intent regarding thedimensions of the face and head, and stillfurther deforming the physiognomy.
An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . lower jaw causes the face to appear elongated. The nose is pinchedor its aire distended, while the angles ofthe mouth and eyes have a drawn appear-ance. Moreover, the air-cavities in commu-nication with the nose, as the frontal,maxillary, sphenoidal, and ethmoidal sin-uses, which are essential to the proper ex-pansion of their respective bones, ceaseto develop when the circulation of airthrough the nose is interfered with, thusaltering natures intent regarding thedimensions of the face and head, and stillfurther deforming the physiognomy. Aug-mentation of atmospheric pressure uponthe buccal surface of the palate process,and the impact of air-currents to and froduring mouth-breathing, together with thediminution of intra-nasal air-pressure inci-dent to nasal obstruction, gradually forceupward the centre of the hard palate, andchange thus the obtusely rounded Romanesque arch into one of Gothic shape—the pointed or high-arched palate commonly existing in association with long- Fig. Characteristic Physiognomy of Adenoid Vegetations (from a photograph by the author).
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