The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-03-03
The Philosophy OF Colds.

The CLOSING vi sorne III All Of oilv
on millions OF pores of the surface IS
but another name for q cold. These
pores are but the outlets on openings of
the sewerage of the body, intended to
carry off the waste and dead particles
of the ever-decaying body, to repair
which the food is daily taken. Both
physical and mental exercise aid in car
rying off the tissues that have .'outlived
their usefulness" an extensive system
Of conduits, said to aggregate twenty
eight miles in length, leading to the
surface from all parts of the body, the
openings of which are well protected,
to guard against distractions from the
impurities of the skin. A chill from any
cause, particularly when following q
depressed state of the system, the re-
suff of undue warmth, tends to drive
the blood from the surface, the small
vessels of the skin containing about
one-haf of that of the whole body, thus
depriving the pores of their stimulus
and nourishment, with consequent
condition which results in an inactiv-
ity, failure to remain open and eff
fective. Hence the dryness and con-
traction, and the uncomfortable sensa-
ton of this surface And. hence the
congestion, more or less, of the internal
organs, q feeling OF fullness. Hence
the unusual internal heat, the iniam-
nation of some of these organs, as the
lungs, liver, kidneys. stomach, etc.
Hence the cold feet, hands and sur
face, deprived of their usual stimulus,
as the ''blood is the lie.' the warm
currents from the heart, intended Tor all
parts of the body, not reaching these
parts in the usual quantity Why are
there more colds in the winter than i'm
warm weather. Not wholly because of
the cold, for some one has truthfully
sa d: I'VE do not take cold, but hot!''
After being accustomed to the debili-
tating influences of the cheated term.
the whole system enervated, particu ar
ly the vessels Of the skin. colds are usual
during the chilly nights of the fall, par
ticularly when persons are not careful
to change clothing to correspond with
the abr .pt changes of the temperature.
The same principles apply to mid
winter, during which time so many are
subjected to heat that would not be
tolerated in the summer. having the
false and unphysiological idea that
such heat is protection against colds,
the opposite being emphatically true.
These hot rooms SO debilitate the YES
sells OF the skin, enervating the whole
body, that colds are perfectly natural.
Indeed, those who are most exposed to
the cool, bracing and invigorating air
of winter, at work in the forests,
sleeping on the boughs Of the hemlock.
in rude hut, or those who are the
drivers of public conveyances, are by
no means as subject to colds as are the
"hovered," those enervated by our
over heated rooms These symptoms
are much aggravated by the GOODNESS OF
the feet from tight boots, etc. Colds
result more from the difference of
the temperature of different parts of
the body, one being in perspiration,
and another suffering from cold. 1t is
an easy matter to take cold in hot
room. sitting by the fire, though not
even cool current Of air might fall on
the victim, the unusual heat with its
weakening elects, doing the work.
will add that sore throat may as often
result from a arrangement Of the
stomach, as from cold, the irritation
Of the stomach extending up to the
throat and tongue. the coating on the
latter being the same IS that of the
stomach. I will enlarge only to say
that the cure of cold is secured by a
reversed condition. opening the closed
pores. DR. J. II. Hanmatord, in Golden
Ra.le.