The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-02-23
miscellaneous.
How People Take Cold.

The time for taking cold Is after your exer-
clse the place is your own house, or Office,
or counting room.
1t is not the act of exercise which gives
the cold but it is the getting cool too quick
after exercising. For example: you walk
very fast to 20 to the ra ilroad station. or to
the ferry. or to catch an omnibus. or to keep
an appointment: your mind leine ahead of
you, the body makes an over effort to keep
up with it: and when you get to the desired
spot you raise your hat aud find yourself in u
pcrspiration. You take q scat. and feeling
quite comfortable as to the temp. ratu,e. YOU
begin to talk with n friend. or to read o
newspaper and. before you are aware Of it,
you experience a sensation VI chillness. and
the thing is done.
You look around to see where the cold
comes from, and find window open near
you. or door, or that yon have taken scat
at the forward part Of the car, and. az it is
moving against the wind a strong draft is
made through the crevices. Or, it may he,
You meet friend at a street corner. who
wanted loan and was quite complimentary
almost loving; you do not like to DC rude in
the delivery of two Uttered monosyl bic.
and while you were trying to lie 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.
After any kind of exercise. do not stand a
mt nlent at the 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 scmc sheltered place: aud. hoSevcr
warm the room may seem to be. do not at
once pull off your hat and cloak but wait
some five minutes or more, and lay aside one
at n time: thus acting, cold is impossible
Notice u moment: when yon return from a
brisk walk and enter q warm room. raise
your hat, and the forehead viii! 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
Oh, you have cooled off full soon.
Among The severcst colds | have known
men to take were those resulting from SIT.
ting down to a meal in cold room after a
walk: or leing engaged in writing and hay.
ing let the fire 80 out, their first admonillon
Of it was that creeping chillntss which is the
fcrCrunncr Of severe cold. Persons have
of;en lost their lives by writing or remain
ing in n room whore there was no fire,
although the weather ont side was rather
comfortable. Sleeping in rooms long unused,
has destroyed the life of many a visitor and
friend our splendid pa,lors, and our rice
spare rooms. help to enrich many doctor.
The cold scpulchral parlors of N,w York,
from May till November, bring diseases. no,
only to visitors but to the visited for, com.
ing 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 visitor, aud hav-
ing in addition but little vitality, in conse.
qucnce of the very scdentary nature of the
town life, there is very little capabiiiy rcsis-
lance, and chill and cold is the result.
HdPs Journal of health.