An announcement from THE NEW ZEALAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Blowing your nose can be a HAZARDOUS OPERATION unless you do it the right way The right wav is quietly and gently without compressing the nose trils, and with the mouth open: Simply use the handkerchief in the usual way, and grip the bridge of the nose only, leaving the nostrils free: The wrong way can lead to trouble ! If you press the nostrils and blow hard you may spread and intensify infection by forcing thc germ-laden secretions in the nose back into the Eustachian tube and start middle ear trouble, acute earache, Or possibly burst ear drums; or ou may sct up infected sinuses by blow- ing the secrctions back into the sinus cavities. NOTE ON THE USE OF A HANDKERCHIEF If you have a cold use a large handkerchief; and for the sake of others alwavs cover your coughs and sneezes. Don t wave your handkerchief about or shake it, and change it as often as possible: The use of paper tissue handkerchiefs which can be burned or destroyed after use is recommended as hygienic: 4.6
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 890, 24 August 1956, Page 17
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