The Penn's Grove record., 1883-11-10

Phihp de C0mlnes gave a significant
sccount Of the medical treatment IN vogue
IN his days when lie describes the attack
q illness Which At length terminated Ia
tally FOR Louis Ni. The ht seized the
King while 81 dinner, snd he ''endeav-
o7ed TO get to the windows for the ben-
eft OF the ar. but those shout him, I'M
signing for the best, took him from the
table, held him up to the fire, shut up
The windows snd would not suffer him
to sir" Ii Is little wonder that the
kIug never recovered his health. Yet
when one looks back 10 the SICK rooms
OF not 50 msny yesrs ago, with their
risldy closed windows, sitting feather
beds Snd four-posi bedstesds with drawn
curtains, tie fifteenth century terror Of
fresh SIR was by means obsolete in the
ulne&esRth. Modern ssnItarIans still ind
the ventilation guestUa the most diff
cult to solves and many educated people
still hold inst il Is better to breathe the
most vItisted atmosphere than 10 open q
window. II colds are frequently made
The excuse fer infictng discomfort on
oae's neighbour, they are likewise used
as Z cloak for mitch socisl ~falsehood.
"a bad eo,d' IS the fsvoriie excuse Ia
polite society for avoiding unpleasant re-
quests. TINS complaint prevents lndolent
performers from gratifying the company
with a song. Ii Is the stock plea on
WHICH disisStefdl invitations can be either
declined outright OF ev4ded at the eleventh
hou. 80 sorry that $ hai cold VIII
prevent ny joining ron this evening, y
while the writer's enlg complaint is that
s1ule pleasant engagement awaits HIM or
her 81 home. In fact "a c9ld' is So often
ureed SIS S falSe excuse that lew people
socepi il s. 8 genuine one, even when ii Is
5 truthful plea II Il usually ike the
'tzouIy shoe" worn by a friend OF James
smiths ST a county house. When al
he res; Of the party had sailed forth fus a
tour Of the grounds the sltbor slipped
asck into the library and invited his friend
10 a & s walk with him. "Nhy, you
$e sn Gesd lame, said ibe lister, point
ing 10 ais foot Have you res.ly got the
Eog3' ssld Smith. IN geniiae ss.onish-
meni. "a thought you only put. on that
shoe 10 escape beng shown over the i'm
proTsnenisn
Colds hsve never been popular with
noEelsis Consamptioa sod decline have
sHep. away scores Of heroines of fiction;
tevers sre common; snd. before the intro
ducso1 Of Vaccination smallpox was a
izFonte complaint with which 10 infict
some parsonage in the tale. In fsct, 1t
played she psTt in old novels which rail-
xsy sccaJenS taEs IN modern romances.
Bat 10 inaicl 5 heroine wIih a bsd cold Is
sppsreatly cut Of the scheme OF the nov
eisi. 1t IS i03 ~d:zfgurlng, too nronantic
8 complaint Il Is strsnge that Il should
be 50 generally adopted Is q convenient
and srrvioeabie excuse IN real life, while
II Is 30 TSrely tgken advantage OF IN the
realms OF hcsi0a.
Probably 10 illness has been the subject
Of 50 msny differing nostrams sad pre-
scripiio8s IS q sbgAl cold" Marx
FEsi1.s humorous sketch of the remedies
suggested % him Is hardly sn exaggera-
tioa. Let sDyone eonfess to ''having
csug1i 3 c0ad~ il q circle Of trends, and
be I'll oe inc7niineEsly deluged with con-
tu.dscg0gy Fdglce. He VIII be coGnselled
% GO hJlne and 20 10 bed. u TAX q CORD
yak and n0s thiDk abcHi II; 10 eat well;
20 ssrve himself; 70 try hot lamentations
snd cod c9mpressez. as 10 the drugs anC
Doslrums De will be told TO swallow, Their
names are past Tecounting- Some persons
VII EtvEse pleasant remedies gong to g
ball sn6 dancing til you are warm, or
drinking a plat Of Champagne Others are
ali for ~s.srysil0B, mustard pouldces and
ollsiers. Some sdvlse the victim 80 let
lhe cod rCn lis co1rse,' while others press
aim 10 send FIR the doctor Immed ateiY.
De Is sure 70 offend half bis friends By
rejecting ihsir prescriptions, unless he
Ties them 81 10 turn llke the American
suDcfisil n which case he ruas a good
chsnos Of never living 10 catch snctner
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