The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-12-04
COLDS.
Some Useful Hints-.No Universal SPECIFIC
for Colds.

for Colds.
From the Household.
There is no disease affecting the hu.
man family morecommon than colds.
1t attacks the youngest and the old.
est, the strongest and the weakest, as
we'll as men, women and children, OF
all chimes, vocations and classes.
When once cured, and even before it
IS entirely removed, the disease is Ii.
able to return without great care is
used to escape it's subtility. At nc
season of the year are we safe, and
neither day or night, at home OF
abroad, are we secure from contract.
ing this unpleasant and dangerous
ma!ady. Our systems sometimes seem
to require but little excuse for taking
colds. A slight draught from a hall
opened door, G:rfrom a window falling
on the neck, bed Oh underclothing a
particle damp, moistened feet or a
chanSe IN the weather, are sufficient,
ana sometimes from no conceivable
cause do we suffer the severest.
Were the cause of colds always
known, wemis ht usually prevent them,
put the most prudent are often at.
lacked. by paying more attention to
the warmth Of the body, drynes of the
clothing, freedom fromdraughts OF air,
or wearing asmall bag ofcamphorgum
on the chest, or carrying a few crumbs
or II sameln themouth on longdrives
Ia cold or stormy weather, many colds
would be prevented, and our strength
saved to battle those that are OF a
more epidemic nature.
The approach OF first effect ofa cold
IS felt differently. Sneezing, tightness
IN the nostrils, rawness in the nasal
passages, sore throat, chilliness, head.
ache, ringing in the ears, ordrowsiness,
is but a skirmish OF the battle that is
to follow. These signs usually appear
IN the evening and should be attended
to at once, as a cold can only be brok-
EN- up at the commencement. Thefol.
lowing morning, if no remedy has been
used, the disease will be thoroughly
seated, and aus catarrh in the head.
or a cough in the throat or lungs. In
two to five days, if care is used, the
cold will have ripened and seem to pass
of rapidly by expectoration of phlegm.
II more cold is taken, pneumonia or
consumption is liable to follow.
There is no universal specific for
colds even in their earliest stages.
That which will cure ONT patient, will
have no effect on another, and q cure
tor q person to-day may, ten years
hence, he useless. But most cases Of
the young or middle-aged can be cured,
If taken in season, by some one of the
simples employed for this
The following are a few cfthe methods
used to cure colds in their beginning.
and. Others will doubtless occur IN
the minds OF the readers: Catnip
tea made moderately strong, with
sugar, and milk, chestnut leaf tea, or
tea made from any OF the mints, es.
pecially pennyroyal, hot lemonade.
cam1phor sling. or a long draught o!
old water. Either of these should be
taken after the patient is in bed, to
produce perspiration, and care must
be taken the following day. A table.
spoonful OF water made hot with
cayenne pepper, taken in sips to
moisten the mouth and throat, has
been my individual remedy for years.
Heating the feet is often sufficient, and
q poultice OF boiled onions is good
where there is tightness of throat or
lungs. Violent exercise, as rapidly
saving wood or mopping floors, will
sometimes seem to answer the desired
end.
The universal prevalence of colds.
and the direful results often following.
should induce us to use every pre-
to prevent them, and prompt
means to remove them when once con
tracted.