The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-24
Colds-Their Prevention and
Treatment.

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It's a well.known fact that persons ac'
customcd to brave all weathers and to
pass much OF their time in the open air,
rarely catch cold. The reason is obvious
Their blood is continually cleansed from
impurities, and by habitual exposure to
all skies they are made hardy and vigor.
ous. Such persons have healthful and
keen appetites for nutritious and whole
some food, for meat and bread, and the
substantial articles of diet, rather than foI
condiments and knicknacks. Indigestion
rarely troubles them; cold feet and hands
give them little annoyance, and the wealth
or makes slight difference to them. The
sufferers from colds, on the other hand
pass most Of their time within doors, are
careless Of ventilation, hug the fireside
stimulate their appetites with spices and
delicacies, keep their feet warm over the
register or on the stove.hearth rather
than by vigorous exercise, neglect bath
ing in cold weather, and thus by their
omissions and commissions load
the blood with impurities under which
the whole system grows weak unable tC
endure any unusual change. Wet feet
damp garments, draught Of cold air
will give such people cold that may re
suit fatally. But il the predisposing
cause had baen avoided, temporary ex'
posure to wet and cold might have been
endured with impunity. When the hab'
its OF life arc temperate and pure and the
blood is healthy, people can endure cold
and wet long time before they take cold.
On the plains, in 1865, company Of one
hundred men, women and children slept
on the ground, without tents, exposed TO
hail, rain, wind and snow. They endured
midday heat, and The cold nights Of the
mountains. They forded ice.cold streams
and walked all day with wet garments
were exposed to all the usually exciting
causes Of colds, intensified and long.con
tinued, yet from Fort Leavenworth to
Salt Lake no one had cold.
A 'cold" Is an Inflammation Of the
lining or mucous membrane OF the nose,
throat, lungs or bowels, by which more
blood than usual is brought to the part
affected. This excess OF blood increases
the amount Of lubricating fluid which
nature prepares for all the internal por-
,ions OF the body to keep the machinery
in easy working order. The cold may
be in the head, throat, lungs, or wherever
there ia mucous lining. Generally il
will affect most seriously the weakest
part Of the body. All colds are preceded
BY more or less chillinesS, although il
may be so slight as to escape notice,
Then comes the reaction Of fever, then
loss Of appetite, and il the cold affects
the lungs, a dry cough in two or three
days; after while II loosens, and the
cold wears away. When one has habit.
ually breathed foul air or slept in unaired
beds, or worn unclean clothing, the body
has become loaded with Impurities
and the cold will take some typhoid form
for be 1t always remembered that typhoid
only another adjective in place Of foul,
is offensive, cflete, applied to matter which
the body has tried vainly to throw of,
has received again by breathing Of ab.
sorption. Typhoid poison is filth in one
form or another. As soon as a cold has
been taken the patient should endeavor TO
diminish the quantity OF blood by going
without food, unless It be dish Of stew.
cd pTunes or fruit having like effect,
keepin room Of uniform temperature,
about 10 degrees Fahrenheit, dring large
ly Of hot teas until perspirationis Ia free.
ly induced; then cool OF gradually and
stay in the house until the cold Ia
cured. Only fruit and coarse diet should
be used until the trouble Is over. A ca.
tarrhal cold, DR.. Hamilton says, can be
cured in about ten hours by using
the following recipe Take ten
drops Of carbolic acid, seven and a
half drops iodine. and the same Of chlor.
oiorm. Aiew drops Of this mixture are
| 10 be heated over a spiritlamp in test
tube, and as soon as the liquid yaporiIes,
the mouth Of II Is to be applied to the
nostris. Theoperaton Is to be repeated