, 1870-12-25
@CntchlnE Cold,s or Cu1chlnx
Ac0t,ss

NJ ROBERT WHITE, 9R-, u. D., pos1oS.
Ffpm Good Heath.
The season dnting which The complaints
commonly called 'co1ds" prevail most ex.
tensively is now upon 1s, and their very gem
eral prevalence At this season may justly ZEN
title then to be called fa4hfonable, for there
aro fashions in disease, Ind in medicine, as
we'll AZ in othor thiugs. OF courae, thei. being
taking precautions sgainet contracting them,
yet "a Ley are troGs.ee..33tn4 At least and b
ihAttenttou and Ignorance may become dan.
gerous, aud, ~ it Ia easier to avoid thom than
TO Get nd OF them, We will try 10 explain how
colds are contracted, and wha. they ire.
Ihere y general apprehension Ct the
true nature Of these affections, and of their
cauues, the very phrases cold and catching
cold bling often mtEnoners, and VIC propose
to SHOW that in many cases tho trouble i
caused by catching heal rather than catching
cold.
Tho parts uens'ly af1ss.cl by colds are the
lining membranes Of the nose, throat, md
tubes; for, when the lang substance IL IL
tackled, the affection il Of v1ty different and
more savers character than . common co1l.
Every time We breathe, the air which we draw
into our lungs pa.ses through tho noae,
bronchial tubes, and finally into the air cells oi
the lungs. rhevo sro all covered with Tin,
delicate membrane similar to that on tbs In
side Of tho lips. plcntifull7 supplied with
| hlond vessels, aud with numerous little folli-
c1es, that aecrete milky tluid called nu=4s,
for the purpose Of keepsng the membrane
II 4 mois. and nealthy condition
] nosc. mouth, and throat, in c3ustsntly GOV.
| cred with this nucus, yet, when tho secret.
ing surface 10 in heslshr condition. its prog
eEce in thn air passages Eivcs Us No trouble /;
it is only whsa aEccied By cold, or somo other
exciting CAUSE, ttat re kuow anything Of this
| AorrnfinY and that, IL nj aaaJ
quantity In the rose is manifested by tht
necessity for tho free use oG the haudkcr
Chief, and In tue throat aod bronchial tubp.
y .'h.xking" and coughing, produced b.
the Irritating Presence OF the mncus. Tbest
Ere the most common symptoms Of coils, ana
are the onls ones to be consicc.c:
w we VIZ aessA t. speak A Of 's .. psessat sassss
viz: that these pulmonary complaint.
may to contracted br exposure to haat, n
well - 10 cold. Every one knows th1t in 50
outside air III cold wca;her, they 4re Liable I,
set cold, but very fas kGow that they incu
lie sA1ae danger in going from 4 cold 4:
mcsl here irto ! W11mas ole. It is but
ehcrt timo since that theory was frat advanced
aud It has not received tue attention its in
potsacca unuld warrant, for uotoay lises +
4ouL.c himeelf about a. slight cold. lest Il
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should re- remembered that these affection
DO not aiways 1eEain elisht colds, aud III,
what ia apparently tut = trifing attack, ma
become prolonged ard serious one. and hay
dangerous or even fatal Termination: Y
for the eeIcfit Of those who arc paItk:ulari
we vii try to chow how they may DO cot
tractcd By heat.
Ar before stated, tie mucous membrane {
the air passages are the parts affected in cold
ard arc supplied freely With blood vessels IN
mucous fo1liclos, which in health pour out su
ticert mucus to keep lbe membrane moi.
and healthy; when \ cold IL contracted, IL
prominent symptoms, and Is caused In th
way: You probah1y know that when cold
| applied to the skin in any way it drirea th
blood from it ty constituting tho vessass~ an
} that rs soon ~ the column Of blood regain
1eased quantity: this fact is we'll illustrate
BY plunging the h1nd into hot wa.e
after it has been bsnumbed with cold
, the rednees Of the sktn, and the painful ting
) ling produced, giye pretty good evidanco 9
the force With which sha blood zetur rs. Mo-
, this ia Just what happens in the mucous melt
, bzane of the air pasaages: the cold air, p.s.
: ing over tho men,hrtne, drives the blood fro.
it Temporarily, bat when II Returns it come
with Ets1ter force and larger quantity thA
, is natural, diatendins the blood vessels an
+ forcing creatcr amount OF fluid to the mt
ccus surface, exciting them to inctsssed II
tirity, and they then pour out larger amour
. Ct the mucous secretion than is discharge
In health, in order to rehe4e tho congeste
; state OF the mucoua membrane S1ppoee
. case, to illustrate this point. A man lsAyt
, the Office, or wotIroo,n. where be b,
. ssen eS breathing ~ atmosphere Of 70
: the cold, outslde air of 10 to 20 d-gtesa Fl,
9 renheit, and, after m exposure to this Of hi
; m hour. mors OF less. reaches his homs, ~
: 1t once encounters Is greas : change asai,
/ passing suddenly from Al atmosphere. u
4. OF eourse,ltbese sudden. transitions 10
g one extreme Of &empetatrfs to another 4
feet ihs mueua membrane. which
a exposed to the air, very unfavorab1y. and Il
II different Alterations Of cold and heat TO Wink
,, it ID subjected produce their characteristic +
9 trl's, ending IN the cougsssed, and incre4s' -
10 as you have soma idea Of the CAUSE
coldf, aod - kpovledee is power, you c,
% ! taEe measures to aycsd than; for ian oun
I Of prevention is better than pound
); cure, and 1t ID much easier to sEoh CO
10 than to ges nd Of cue. HoE can va ave
ID colds; We cannot reduoe the tempe1atuze
n. cur rooms below : comfortable degree, L
n clerate that OF the outside At: vsTy- tFu
but you can very often avoid going inmediA
s. u from cold room into \ hot one, md q
ut res,sa. Alter coming In from ve1y &
70 Outside air, lnger for = Eninute or +
in tho k4ll. or On the staircase, btfe
- entering the heated rooms-wbit
By the way A-e much too hot general,
50 md On leayitg the house ooeervs the sal
lot .ule. Many will consider these needless p
cautions. asclesa trouble. &c.; but 90
lp- people are exceedingly susceptible to co
Of without knowing Why thoJ eontrsc.. the
IN ~heu, a. they suppoee, they have aot be
: exposcd to any exciting Gauss, and It is
TO- thoss who arc 20 e1eeeeirs1y suse.Ptiole Il
=, three precautions sze psIten1as!r Escu
Ii, merted At frat, perhape their obaeEya'
al Vill be i little troublesome, but alter foil,
70 | ing them for short tina, and e1po1ienc
ad- tbei1 benefit, tbosa who have bean sunet
.si1 from elnoas continuous colds during
Lhe w!nser sseeon VIII fsA Feu repaid far z
attention bv tbs ususnal freedsm fron III
Ok. tzoublcsoms complaints which ths5 vii
4 l nftiaohA