Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-03-19
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CATCHING COLD.

We copy from Halls journal of
Health" from scrys Of Farmer
Health, " the following:
Experienced physicians in all coun-
tries very well know that the immediate
cause of vast numb Der Of cases of disease
and death is a "cold :" it is that which
fires magazine of human ills it is the
spark to gunrowder. 1t was TO cold
ia en- on raw December dav, that the
great Washington owed his death It
was "A common cold. aggravated by the
inudicious advice of friend, which
usherc,l in the final illness of Washing
ton Irving. Almost any reader can
trace the death of some dear friend to II
'l,tlc cold.'
The chief causes of cold are two :
first, cooling off too soon after exercise !;
second, getting thoroughly chilled while
ip a state Of rest without having been
overhcatcd this latter originates dang
erous pleu isos, fatal puaGu Mas Gi-
fammation OF the luugs,) and deadly
foyers of typhoid type.
Persons in vigorous health do not
take cold easily; they eau do with i'm
punity what would be fatal to tha feeble
and inlirm. DyspeFti' persons irko cold
readily, but thcy are not aware Of it,
because its force does not fall ou the
lungs, but on the liver through the skin,
giving sick hea3a he and close ques-
tioning will soon 1evelop the fact OF
some unusual bodily effort, followed by
cooling off rapidly.
A person wakes up some morning,
arl feels as if he had been pounded in
bag ;" every joint is stiff, every mus
Gle sore, and single step cannot be
taken without difficulty or actual pain
Reflection will bring out some unwonted
exercise, and subsequent cooling off
before knowing it as working in the
garden in the spring time showing
new servants chow to do - in going IL
shopping, an eXpcdient which taxes
the mind and body to the utmost; the
particular shade of ribbon, the larger
or smaller SIZE of figure on a calico
dress, or caucls hair shawl; whether
the main flower of bonnet shall he
"Jimpson" or se-bub; whether the
iewclry shall sport Cupid's arrow or a
snakes head these and similar del at
able points on thousand "little moth
ings," rouse women's minds to pitch
of interest and excitement scarcely ex-
celled by that of counsellors of state in
determining the boundaries of empires or
the fate of nations, to return home ex-
hausted in body, depressed in mind, AID
thoroughly heated; the first thing done
is TO toss down glass of water to cool
off, next to lay aside bonnet, shawl and
'best dress" and lastly, to put on cold
dress, lie down on the bed in fireless
room, and fall asleep, to wake up with
infinite certainty, to bad cold, which
is to confne to the chamber for days and
weeks together, and not unseldom, car
ries them to the grave!
A lady was about getting into small
boat to cross the Delaware but wishing
first to get an orange at firuit-stand,
she ran up the bank of the river, and
on her return to the boat found herself
much heated, for it was summer, but
there was little wind on the water,
and the clothing soon felt cold to her;
the next morning she had severe cold,
which settled on her lungs. and within
the year she died of consumption.
A stout, strong man was working in a
garden; in May; feeling little tired
about noon, be sat down in the shade of
the house and fell asleep; he walked up
chilly infammatio of the lungs fol-
lowed, ending after two years of great