New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-23
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In the course of 8 edica1 TalkY's at
New. York Associate Hall, Dr.. Bev-i
erly Robinson discoursed to the young
men on the subject Of 9. Colds and
their Consequences. - His lecture was.
practical and highly Instructive TO 8:
perverse generation, his greatest RENE:
sedy for 6 colds and their Consequences
being, :. Don't allow yourself to take
cold. = ~
:. # You start to walk home from 8
downtown Office he said, {. and carry
your oVercoat on your arm because the
walking makes you feel WARN, you are
liable to take cold. Therefore, don't
do It. # you should take the same
walk after eating q hearty dinner your
full stomach would be q protection to
you, but even then my advice would be.
don't take the risk. A person proper
II clothed may walk in . strong wind
for 9 long time without taking cold;
but if he sits in room where there is
slight draught he may take severe
cold in very few minutes. Therefore,
don't sit in q room where there is q
draught. Unless you are affected by
peculiar nervous conditions, you should
take cold sponge-bath in the morn
ing, and not wash yourself in warm
water. Plunge-baths in cold water arc
not recommended, neither is it neces-
sary to apply the sponge-bath all over
the body. Occasionally Turkish baths
are good, but those who have not taken
them should be advised by physician
before taking them. Warm mufaers
worn about the neck do not protect
you against taking cold, but, on the
contrary, render you extremely liable
to take cold as soon as you take them
of. They make the throat tender
Ladies ought to wear warmer flannel
underclorhing than they now do, if one
may Judge from the articles one sees
hanging in the show windows of the
shops. People take cold from inhaling
cold air through their mouth oftener,
perhaps, than by any other way.
Ladies dress themselves up in. heavy
furs, 60 riding in their carriages, and
when they get home, wonder how they
got that cold. It was by talking in the
cold open air, and thus exposing the
mucous membranes of the throat. The
best protection under such circum-
stances was to keep the mouth shut.
If people must keep their mouths open
in q chilly atmosphere, they ought TO
wear filter. Above all, be careful of
your feet in cold, damp weather. Have
thick soles on your shoes, and, il
caught out in the rain which lasts SO
long as to wet through your shoes, de-
spite the thick soles, put on dry stock
ings as soon as you get home. But in
cold, wet, slushy weather don't be
caught out without overshoes. Rub.
bers are unhealthy, unless care is taken
to remove them as soon as you get un.
der shelter. They arrest all evapora-
ton through the pores of the leather.
Cork soles are a good invention. When
you 60 into the house or your Office,
after being out in the cold, don't 70 at
once and stick yourself by the register,
but take off your coat, walk up and
down the room q little, and get warm
gradually. Warming yourself over q
register just before going out in the
cold is one of the worst things that you
can do. Never take . hot toddy to
warm yourself up, unless you are at
home and don't expect to go out of the
house again till the following morning.
In short, make some use of your COM
mon sense, and thus emulate the lower
Animals."