The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-25
starving u Cold.


Though lifelong sufferer from the dis
ease In variOuo forms, from the "sn iilss"
OF infancy 10 the nay fever" OF adult age,
together with ocoss, onsl attacks OF neural
gin, Rheumatism, throat and lung alice
{ nnr, ETC., | now find IL impossible TO OK
cite auy Of the woli-knorn symptoms, or,
Ia fact, any torn OF disease, though cub
i,cIing myself to what many would cIn-
sider the meet suicidal practical in tbs
mater OF exposure 10 the elements. 80 long
~ live upon frugal dist chiefly cereals
and fruits, served plainly-nominalIy TWO
meals u day; holding myself ready, how
ever. to ''skip" q meal whenever necessary
i. O., whenever any Of the symptoms Of
nn gestion, o. acid stomach, fatulonoc,
pressure in The region OF the lungs or
,,oniRca, ETC., warn me Of having carried
the pleasure Of tho table trihe beyond
She needs Of the organism.
I have. in my efforts TO "catch" cold,
submit ted myself TO exposures that To ths
miuds OF most people would appear oil I.
suicidal character wearing low shoes and
walking Ia rsOw and slOp until both socks
ana rhose we're saturated, sitting an hour
ia inst condition and going to bed without
warming my feet; removing faunel under
g.rnents in midwinter on the approach OF
colder weather, and Attending TO Outdoor
All .irg without the overo1at haO tually
worn; sleeping with current OF air blow
log directly on my bead and ssoulders; sii-
ting entirely naked ina drauRhl, on very
cold, damp niEht H. the fall, Tor fifteen min-
utss before getting Into bed, wearing 3
cotton night.shirt aud sleeping under bght
bed COVERS Oh the night following the us
OF q flannel gown and heavyweight bed
cinih.s: rising from bad on cold.
rainy morning, and sitting naked Tor al
hour writing, and then putting On ehiri
and troussrs only, the shirt almost tGtur
ated with faia ond the tr users quito damp
from hanging by tho window-ohese ana
similar experiments have rried repeatedly
but without catching cold; become cold,
and become warm sgain, that 10 all.
In the course OF my experiments. when
ever have fed my cold as lar as ] wlsh'
or dared TO 20, have IN every instan'e
banshed the disease by entirely abstain
from food TOR time. have never Know
this remedy III applied Ut the very onstl)
fail OF "breskluE up" common cod "a
twenty-four or iorty-eight hours, whstev'
the age, sex or occupation OF tbs ps,ieDt.
However we may differ as to the origin of
tue disorder, whenever Can prevail upon
sufferer to try this rsmedy, we cnme 10
be OF one opinion as 70 what will most
surely and speedily cure" IT,
OF course the size oil the dose must hear
soue relation to the severity of the case.
On the first appearance OF the disease-the
ymp oms Of sight cold, % familiar to
sil, skipping single meal, In the case OF
n person who takes but two meals day
hapitu lly, or two meal, In the case OF n
three IN ealer. will sometimes suifice, II toe
succeeding meals be very IN DEBATE ones.
have usually ia my experimentation bee u
sati,fied TO "turn" ut the "one meal buoy"
not often being Obliged 10 abstain longer
than tweuty.iour hours. Whsn, however.
| have chosen to prolong the experiment.
by continuing to eat heartily, 40 II the
Gu. tom with people In general at such
times, | have folDd my experience identi
cal with thtirs-ths symptoms would ~
crsa,e In severity, and 10 nasal catarrh
head ache, slight fevsrishness, and languo'
would be added sore throat, perhaps viii
pressure At he lungs hoar,eness, increased
fever. AID entire inoisposition for exsrtion
IL this cass two, perhaps three days fast
ing would be required, with little ertrs
sponsing OF the cain, TO completely restor,
| toe s.l,ncs. Ou, doNr air IL desirable. sno
when sot scmauding TOO great enor,-er
ercise. Air BATH, wneu there is muct
f~ve ri,hnss- of the ski Z, are comforting and
cur aiiv,.-TDr. Page. ia Popular scienc'
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