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HOW NOT TO TAKE COLD.

In the course of medical
Talks" at New York Associa-
ton Hall, DR.. Beverly Robinson
discoursed to the young men on
the subject of "Colds and their
consequences" His lecture
was practical and highly instruc-
tive to a preverse generation;
his greatest remedy tor "Colds
and their consequences" being,
Don't allow yourself to take
cold"
eff you start to walk home
from a downtown Office" he
said, "and carry your overcoat
on your arm because the walk
ing makes you feel warm, you
are liable to take cold. There
fore don't do it. If you should
take the same walk after eating
a hearty dinner, your full stom-
ach would be a protection to
you, but ever then my advice
would be, don't take the risk.
A person properly clothed may
walk in strong wind for long
time without taking cold; but if
he sits in a room where there is
a slight draught, he may take
a severe cold in a very few min
utes. Therefore, don't sit in a
room where there is a draught.
Unless you are affected by very
nervous conditions you should
take cold sponge bath in the
morning and not wash yourself
in the warm water. Plunge
baths in cold water are not re-
commended, ueither is it neces-
sary 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 a physician
before taking them. Warm
muf1ers worn about the neck do
not protect you agrinss taking
cold, but, on the contrary render
you extremely liable to take
cold as soon as, you take them
off. They make the throat tend
er. .-.s-
Ladies ought to wear warm
er flannel ander-clothing than
they now do, if one may judge
from the articles one sees hang
ing 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, go
riding in their carriages. and
when thep ght home wonder
how they get that cold. 1t was
by talking in the cold, open air,
and thus exposing the mucuous
membrance of the throat.
The best protection under such
circumstances was to keep the
mouth shut. If people must
keep their mouths open in chill
ly atmospere, they ought to
wear a filter. Above all be
careful of your feet in cold,
damp weather. Have thick
soles to your shoes, and ifcaught
out in the rain which lasts so
long as to wet through your
shoes despite the thick soles,
put on dry stockings 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 remove them as soon
as you get under shelter. They
arrest all evaporation through
the pores of the leather. Cork
soles are a good invention.
When you go into the house or
your office after being out in the
cold, don't go at once and stick
yourself by the register, bu;
take off your coat, walk up and
down the room a little, and get
warm gradually. Warming
over a register just be-
fore going out in the cold is one
OF the worst things that you can
do. Never take a 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"