Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29
COMFORT AGAINST COMING COLD.
How the Terrible Bacillus may be Over
come.
Erom ~ p1il4dllphiq Lsdger.

prom the PhiL1delohia ledger.
Predictions that the winter Of 1886 is
to be severely cold, so far as they depend
on the migration Of birds for warrant,
have no scientific basis. II one swallow
does not make a summer, one autumn
frost often makes the swallow fly, and
other passengers in feathers. But even
should the fur in animals grow thick this
year and all the other "signs" hold out
true, including the dark spot in the goose
/ breast-DOne, there Is one great source OF
comfort ahead. The same inquiries that
have disprOyed the bird signs have peo-
pied the air with other bodies,
germs, for instance That DO not
leave for parts unknown unless
they are carried there. The
cold is a great germicide. II disperses the
busy agencies Of typhoid fever poison and
even shuts off cholera. comical artl-
Gle IN the Pal Mdt fGsstte describes the
( discOmdting miorobe making Its exit,
hungry and weary. lying down IN us
death-like sleep because 10 cannot 2naW
against constitution braced By cold. 1t
Is true that some OF these deadly germs
only sleep through cold weather, and do
not die. But they are suspended in their
activities, and give little more time to
human Intelligence to get even with them
by cleanliness and ChIJrldeB.
The cure by cold finds another remarka-
bic application in the new treatment OF
consumptiye patients. Minnesota, with
It's intense yet perfectly dry winters, has
long been refuge and restorative for
some forms OF lung disease. The Adj
rOndack winter camp bids far TO rival the
summer hunting groUuds. The assumed
discovery OF the bacillus as q promoting
cause in phthisis meets with some degree
of FEASIBILITY in these rigid sanitariums.
Whether the fatal disease germ be cause
or effect, be transplanted or native to each
case, the removal Of the sufferer TO dry.
cold air that Is known TO Kill other germs
has been, at least measurably, an
amelioration in this country and
in Europe. IL is credited more
to the oxygen, however. 1t is of no
use, of course, to seek a cold climate
! that Is also damp one, exposed to Dene-
trating chill fogs or earthly dampness I'M
der foot. 1t is of no use either to 80 to a
cold country only to be shut up with
stoves and Kerosene lamps that make
their own unWhOiesOme atmos phere.
Doubtless it is the oxygen as well as the
cold that destroys the enemy, and pure
air, plenty Of it, is equally essential with
the high latitude or the altitude Of noun
tain that provides the true atmosphere.
! Any locality or sanitarium that does
not provide good ventilation and
/ proper warming Of the living rooms
1 by the constant change Of the
| suitably warmed air, and that
| does not furnish temptations and facili-
! ties for outdoor enjoyment and exercise,
/ cannot be an improvement on home life
! for such invalids. But the cases Of ar
! rested disease by the winter exile appear
! TO be as we'll established as the relief of
warm, dry climates for such sufferers. In
/ both cases it is the air, the dry air, and
/ the aids TO exercise that help TO counter
act morbid tendencies; and if the cold
| dryness kills the bacillus more effectively
1 than any other exposure, the experience
OF a few more mountaineers will be worth
! securing and recording.