be provided with a tearable score permitting the harness to separate under a preselected force in some circumstances it may be desireable to have tube 2 separate from harness 4 at location 5 before the harness breaks leaving the harness secured about the nasal septum these situations can be achieved by selecting materials with appropriate tensile strengths and adjusting the strength of the means securing tube 2 to harness 4 accordingly in operation the patient particularly the patient 39 s nostrils and hypopharynx may be first anesthetized with a topical anesthetic which will ease insertion of the tube by reducing gagging of the pharynx and rejection of the tube by the patient and also may act to lubricate the nasal passages facilitating insertion referring to fig2 a 2d the improved naso enteral tube 2 and harness 4 are simultaneously inserted in one of the patient 39 s nostrils nostril a until location 5 is within the nasal cavity between the base of the nasal columella 28 and posterior aspect of the nasal septum 27 the distal end of tube 2 is properly located in the patient harness portion 6 passes hypopharynx 24 or pharynx 25 and the harness can be extracted and pulled out of the mouth by a tool such as magill forceps or the like referring to fig2 e 2h portion 7 of harness 4 is then passed inwardly through the other nostril nostril b and similarly pulled out the mouth the ends of portions 6 and 7 are then connected together outside the mouth fig2 g 2h for example by inserting a protusion on end portion 6 into a complementary receptacle on end portion 7 to.