Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-08
HOW PEOPLE TAKE COLD.

The time for taking cold is after your exer.
cisei the place is your own house, or office, OIL
counting room.
II is not the act Of exercise which gives the
cold, but II is the getting cool too quick after
exercising. For example; you walk very fast
to 60 to the railroad station, or to the ferry or
to catch n omnibus, or 10 keep an appointment:
your mind being ahead Of you, the body makes
an over effort to keep up with III and when you
got to the desired spot you raise your hat and
find yourself In Precipitation You take a scat,
and feeling quite comfortable as to the tempera-
ture, you begin to talk with a friend, or to read
newspaper; and. before you are aware of Il,
you experience sensation Of chillness, and the
thing is done.
You look around to see where the cold comes
from, nnd find window open near you, or a
door, or that you have taken a seat at the for.
ward part of the car, and as it is moving against
the wind, strong draf. is made through the
crevices. Or, it may be, you meet a friend at a
street corner, who wanted loan, and was quite
complimentary, almost loving you do not like
to he rude in the delivery of a two lettered
monosyllable. and while you were trying to be
truthful, polite and safe, all at the same time,
on comes the chilly feeling from raw wind at
the street corner, or the slush of mud, and water
in which, for the first time, you noticed yourself
standing.
moment at street corner for any body or any
thing nor at an open door or window. When
you have been exercising in any way whatever,
winter or summer, go home at once or to some
sheltered place; and however warm the room
may seem to be, do not at once pull off your hat
and cloak, but wait some Eve minutes or more,
and lay aside one at time thus acting, cold
is impossible Notice moment: when you re-
turn from a brisk walk aud enter a warm room
raise your hat, and the forehead will be moist
let the hat remain a few moments and feel the
forehead again, and it will be dry, showing that
the room is actually cooler than your body, and
that, with your outdoor clothing en-, you have
cooled off full soou.
Among the severest colds l have known men
TO take, were those resulting from sitting down
to II meal in cold room after walk or being
engaged in writing, and having let the FIRE go
out, their first admonition of ii was that creep.
ing chllness which Is the forerunner oil n severe
cold. Persons have often lost their lives by
writing or remaining in a room where there was
no hre although the weather outside was rather
comfortable. Sleeping in rooms long unused,
has destroyed the life of many visit r aud
friend onr splendid parlors, and our nice spare
rooms help to enrich many doctor. The cold
sepulchlal pnrlOrs Of New York, from May till
November, bring diseases, not only to visitors
but to the visited for, coming from domestic
occupations, or from the hurry of dressing, the
heat of the body is higher than natural, and
having no cloak or hat on in going TO meet q
visitor and having in addition but little vitality,
in consequence Of the very sedentary nature of
the town life, there is very little cnpability re.
sistance, and a chill aud cold is the result
Hdlfs Journal Of Health.