St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-01-27
OHr House, Wdraing System.
COUGHS AND COLDS.

COUGHS AND COLDS.
At this season of the year, when 20
many persons suffer from colds and sore
threats, the necessity for avoiding the
cause of such ailments, cannot b. too
strongly urged. A cou Ii may seem TO
he but trlting affair itself, but frequent
ly repeated attacks of it will lead to more
serious consequences. A proper observ-
ancc of the laws of health will prevent
the occurrence of such affections, while a
cont inued disregard Ct such laws will in
many cases result in troublesome, ii not
fatal, disorders of the system. 1t is a
popular notion that it is TIE exposure to
cold weather alone which produces in
tlammatory diseases of the throat and
lungs. That this is n,i true is abund-
an;ly proved by the fact that those who
are most exposed to the inclcmcncy Of the
weather are in general the least liable TO
be affected by it.
We are indebted TO the inventive ge-
MUS Of man for the most fruitful cause
OF bronchial and throat affections. \ man
j.
sits for two or three hours in crowded
theatre or church, breathing an atmos-
phcrc tainted with cxhalations from the
lungs of hundreds of other people; his
system i exhausted. his skin Is excited
to unwontrd action, and when ha leaves
the building and goes out into the cold
air his blood is suddcnly driven into his
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manent congestion or inflammation OF
some of the internal organs-usualIy the
air tubes in or leading TO the lungS. This
process being repeated many times, a
chronic bronchitis is finally established in
persons otherwise healthy ana life is ever
after rendered miserable by this pcriodi-
cal over hcaring and su,llen chilling of
the body.
y still more pcrnicious effect follows
from the so-cailel modern improvements
in hcating houses and public buildings
Instead OF the ull-fashioncl iircplaces.
which consumed large amount of fuel,
and caused 4 current of fresh air from
the outside to rush into the apartment
through every possible avenue, we now
have stoves which consume but a small
amount of fuel, and the necessary heat is
glincd hy tightly closing the doors AMI
windows to prevent the access Of air or,
what is worse, heated air from the fur
mace is conveyed 10 the apartment and
there confined. The result of this effort
TO economics tucl is painfully manifest in !
the p did checks and exc;tablr mrrvou
systems of those who are continually Sa,
rcted 10 It's Influences
Many families sit during lhe lon. cvcn-
ingS of winter in what Is considered Il |
warm AMI comfortable aplrtm the !
windows of which are cIuion>ly closed, |
AMI every aperture for the entrance of
fresh air carefully sealed up. The fire
in the stove, the burning ga- and six or
eight pair of lungs soon consume nearly
all the oxygen in the room, and the air
within becomes very impure, and utterly
unfit for the purposes Of rrSplratlon.-
w hen this Is continued not only through |
the cvcnim9. but all day AMI perhaps AL
night, for many sleep in chambers -
warmed, Il constlnt stale of i'll health Is /
sure To result. Headache and lanouor
are among the carly symptoms; dy>pcp.
SIa comes next, especially affecting the
female members of the family, aud ncr-
vous and EysicrIcal symptoms follow in
til" evil train. Coughs and colds are
frcqucnt, because such persons must in-
evitab!y be exposed ut times to cold drafts
OF air from an open door or along the
passage, when the whole s,rvirc cl the
body, which has Just been pre- ernaturaIIy |.
heated, Is chilled, thus inlucing internal |
OF the blood.
1t is not always that the result Of tIi.
ignorance Of sanitary laws i felt imme- |
dlatcly, and for this reason, many per-
sons are lG'l TO believe that they c.n IN
definitely continue to defy thee laws
but sooner or later they will suffer the
inevitable Consequences. When persons |
remain for long time III su:h highly |
heated apartments, the heat producing |
function Of the blood is not brought into |
action. 1t is necessary in order q MAIN
tain the natural heat Of bloud, that the |
waste materials in the system sh Iuld b. |
consumed, and unless tins Is III. case, the
impure matters are retained AMI the blood
is continually detrrorating, until,et last,
it arrives at a condition favorable to the |
development Of tubcrcle. The mischief
goes On increasing by slow degrees, as
the same habits Of living are persisted in,
until the changes are So great that no al
teration in the mode OF life can have any
effect, and 50 our mortuary lists are be-
ing continually fed with numerous VIC
tins of consumption.
the origin OF consumption Is not al
ways attributable to the habit Of living
in insutlicicnlly ventilated apartments E;
nor does this disease always arise in those
who are 'customed TO such injudicions
exposure; but, nevertheless, as most ply