The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-03-21
HOW NOT 70 TAKE COLD.
MEDICINE TALK BIZ DIR. BEVERLY ROBIN
SON.

In the course of Medicine Talks al
New York Association Hall, DIR. Beyerl,
| Robinson discoursed to the young men OF
| the subject of "Colds and Their Conse
quences." His lecture was practical anG
highly instructive to perverse generation
his greatest remedy for "colds and thei,
consequences being, "Don't allow your
self to take cold."
ssIf you start to walk home from down
town Office" he said, "and carry your
oveFcoat on your arm because the walking
makes You feel warm, you are liable to take
cold. Therefore don't do it. II you should
take the same walk after eating hearty
dinner your full stomach would be pro.
lection to you, but even then my advice
would be. don't take the risk. A person
safely clothed may walk in strong wiad
for long time without taking cold but il
he sits in room where there is a slight
draught be may take severe cold in a very
few minutes. Therefore, don't sit In a
room where there is draught. Unless you
are affected by peculiar nervous conditions
you should take cold sponge-bath, in the
morning and not wash yourself in warm
water. Plunge baths in cold water are not
recommended, neither is il necessary to
apply the sponge bath all over the body.
Occasional Turkish baths are good, but
those who have not taken them should be
ADVISED by physician before trying them.
Warm mufflers 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. La lies
ought to wear warmer flannel undercIoth-
ing than .hey 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. 1t was by talking IN the cold open
air and thus exposing the mucus membrane
of the throat. The best protection under
such circumstance was to keep the mouth
shut. If people must keep their mouths
open in chilly atmosphere, they ought to
wear filter. Above al. be careful of your
feet in cold, damp weather. Have thick
thick soles on your shoes, and if caught IN
the rain which lasts so long as to wet your
shoes through DESPITE the thick soles, put
on dry stockings as soon as you get home.
but in cold, wet, slushy weather don't be
caught out without overshoes. Rubbers
are unhealthy, unless care is taken to re-
move them as soon rs you get under shell
ter. They arrest all evaporation through
the pores of the leather. Cork soles are
good invention. When you 60 into the
house or your Office after being out in the
cold, don't 60 at once and stick yourself by
the resister, bnt take off your coat, walk up
and down tho room a little, and get warm
gradually. Warming yourself mp over a
register just before going out in the cold is
one of the worst things you can do. Never
take hot toddy to warm yourself up un-
less you are at home and don't expect TO 60
out of the house again till the following
morning. In short make some use Of your
common sense, and thus emulats the lower
animals