Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-05-05
Catching Cold.
ny DIR. HALL, OF NEW YORl

Experienced physicians IN all countries We
well know that the immediate a,use of q vast
number of the cases of disease and death is
Z" cold :" it is that which fires magazine Of
human ills; it is the spark to gunpowdcr. 1t
was to u cold taken on q raw December day
that the great Washington owed his death.
II was common cold, aggravatcdb by the injudi-
cous advice of friend, which ushered In
in the final illness of Washington Irving. Al
most any reader can trace the death OF some
dear friend to q little cold"
The chief causes Of colds are two: first, cool
ing off TOO soon after exercise; second getting
thoroughly chilled while in a state of rest
without having been overheatcd. This latter
originates dangerous plcurises, fatal pneumo-
MAS, inflammation of the lungs and deadly
fevers of the typhoid type.
Persons in vigorous health do not take cold
easily. They can do with impunity what
would be fatal to the feeble and infrm. Dys-
peptic persons take cold readily, but. they are
not aware of it, because it's force does not talE
on the lungs, but on the liver through tho
skin, giving sick headache, and close cues
! tioning WI soon develop the fact of stme
unusual bodily effort followed by cooling oft
rapidly.
A person wakes up some sunny morning
and feels as if lie had been pounded in 81
bag" Every joint is stiff, every muscle sorey
and single step cannot be taken without
difficulty or actual pain. Reflection will bring
ont some unwonted exercise, and subsequent
cooling off before knowing it--as working in
she garden in the spring time ovor excrtion
about the l'ouso,wort;l y showing new servants
how to do;" in going shopping" an ex-
petition which taxes the mind and body to-
4 ~ e;n tt1n
ings" rouse won,en's minds to pitch of in
tercst and excitcmsnb scarcely cxcellcd by
that of counsellors Of state in determining the
boundaries of empires or the fatcof nations, to.
return home exhausted in body, depressed in
mind and thoroughly heated The frst thing
| done is to toss down glass of water to cool
Dress" and lastly, to put on cold dress, lie
to wake up almost certainly with bad cold
which is to csnfne to the chamber for days
and weeks together, and rot unseldom carries
| them to the grave
/ Farmers wives lose health and life every
year in ono, of two ways; by Insying, them,
selves ip waTs..i !;:tohcn aHtil weary, and
then throwing themselves on bed or sofa
without covering and perhaps in a foom with
| out llfc,j OF py IcHloNlHS lnC oulCI CioIhiHSy
and perhaps changing the dress for more
common one, as 9 o as they enter the house
after walking or working. The rule should be
invariable to goat once to warm room and
keep on all the clothing at least for five or ten
minutes until the forehead is perfectly dry. In
all wcathers, if you have 30 walk and ride on
any occasion, do the riding first
/ A little attention would avert VAST amount
of human suffering in these regards. Seden-
tary persons, invaids those in feeble health,
should 20 directly to FIRE after all forms Of
exercise, and keep all the garments on for
few minutes; or if in warm weather, to closed
apartment aud. if anything, throw on an ad-
ditional covering. Whom no appreciablc mois
turc is. found on the forehead the out door
garments may be removed. The egrcat rulcis,
cool off very slowly always after the body has
in any manner been heated beyond tho ordi
nary temperature
The moment a nan is satisfied he has taken
cold let him do three things: First eat nothing;
second, 90 to bed, cover up warm Pm a warm
room third, drink MS much cold water as no
cam or rs he wants, as nauch hot herb tea ms he
can and in three cases out of four he will be
almost we'll in thirty six hours; ifnot, send for
an educated and experienced physician at once.
! for any "cold" which docs not get better"
within forty.cight ! hours is not TO be trifled
with nor experimental upon. ,
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IT is something terrible when manhood
\ weeps it's tears are like water wrung from