Examination Preparatory to Treatment

are gratifying. Well lubricated steel rods that are smooth, graduated and tapered, are carefully used to expand the nostrils and passages ALL THE WAY BACK.

The sensitive sympathetic reflex center in the Schneiderian membrane of the nose was discovered by Dr. Bonier of France, who merely touched a certain spot in the nose, watched the reflex in the eye, and obtained some outstanding results by stimulating that center in the brain, over these nerves which had ceased to function. For this stimulation he used a hot or cold instrument, with a roughened edge, to aid stimulation. There is a great possibility for research in this small field alone. Gold probes, heated by running hot water, should be used for best results in stimulating or awakening dormant centers. On the other hand, silver probes, used cold, are used for toning and contracting tissues that are swollen, such as enlarged tonsils.

Check your nostrils and see through which one you are breathing at the moment. It is said that the breath flows through one nostril for 90 minutes, then through the other for the same length of time, etc. But I believe that this is regulated by the need of the body rather than by the clock.

In examining the patient always check the sacrum by its middle line, between the buttocks. If it is on a diagonal to one side, that is the low sacral side. The head position always accomodates [accommodates] the sacral position, and indicates it. For correction see charts No. 3, 4, 14 [reprint of Book 3, Chart 14] and 20 [reprint of Book 3, Chart 20] in the "Mysterious Sacrum" which is Book 4.

The POSITION OF THE INNOMINATE [hip] IN RELATION TO THE SACRUM MAKES THE SHORT LEG SIDE. Often the sacral base is inferior on the high innominate [hip] side, because it has twisted and slipped in its articulation. Balance it by POLARITY CONTACTS of muscle impulse. Then, if necessary, correct it by adjustment. A very little does a lot in adjusting.