The Portland daily press., 1888-12-22
HOW TO ESCAPE COLDS.
a Physician Gives His Patient Some
Valuable Advice.
IN. Y. Mail and Express.

Valuable Advice.
IN. Y. Mail and Express.l
Another cold?"
Eyes, doctor"
"Why did you get ftp"
81 don't know. begin to think 1t Is a
habit of mine that never will get rid of.
Nonsense. Now let me give you few
facts about colds and their treatment"
A reporter had called upon his family ply
stefan, with the We abo result, This Is his
lecture
"The many causes colds are attributed to
do little mischief, except when brought to
bear upon system already prepared Tor
them, by inattention to the laws Of health re-
garding diet, bathing. exercise ana other con-
ditions requisite to secure the proper eiimlna-
ton of waste matters from the body. loo
much scoddlng' is unquestionably one of the
most common causes Of catarrh. one VINO
is Injured to hardships is able to endure ex-
posture without injury, while one unaccustom-
ed to like experience quickly succumbs. Air
tight houses, close AID unyentiiated, over
heated rooms, even the quantity OF clothing
required, are active causes, preventing de
velopment of hardihood. As result, Ids
and catarrh are universal maladies among civ
ilized people.
Nearly every one knows how humiliating
u
dangerous as ling trouble the misery Is al
most as great. There are many varieties OF
colds; for instance, the orthodox cold, which
begins after sitting in draught, with chilly
creeping feelings up the back, eliminating
in sneeze. DR.. Clarke calls 1t a contest
between the eyes and nose to find which can
run the fastes6-the running slackens, and
the nose becomes stopped by the swelling. Of
the mucous membrane, every little air Is felt
and sets the person sneezing.
Another kind will announce itself with
out a feeling, simply sneezing; aud, again,
some take cold first IN the throat and alter
ward in the head. Thin there is the catch
ing cold, or Influenza the cause of which Is
assigned to ozone clouds, The commonest
way Of catching cold is through draughts, es-
getting the feet wet; and here let me rrvvsa
mend rubbing the feet with alconoi. 80
ssSome persons are sensitive in the hans,
and il walking or driving on rainy lay
without gloves forthwith develop coiu the
ting near a closed window on cold day ; snt
glass forming insufficient protection Sai 81
the cold outside. There Is also daffsvS,, 70 "a
catching cold, even on warm dabere the
naming long time in . r0oni,ows ksnI
sunlight is shut out aud ladies tie
practice of changing heavy fancy lust to
cold day for something Rsr1ts ia serious
satisfy a within Often VI heard of yonng
bronchial trouble. .esaSs in cold water every
men washing thelTe llaip, smooth the hair,
morning 70 c. esaSfs rithout waiting to thor
oughlg :. ~ IN =. nav hack all we enact of
| No naAe' " ~ "
anr un,wn-Seonard considers tho faat
and nec, the yerv sensitive narfs His Tie.
DRY is to blow stream of air upon the neck
siishtly cold, Increasing every day. until the
neck can stand an arctic blizzard The tam
nsrature of the font hath ia begin with On de-
grees Fahrenheit. gradually reducing to 3s
degrees Fahrenheit.
For persons with vigorous health. good
and freely acting skins nothing rs
more wholesome that the morning cold hath
and scrub down afterWard with rough towsis
1t Is STRENGTHENING to the spine and nervons
system and the best preventative against
cold. Those who cannot bear the cold hath
might train Themselves to il by the right
These would be to battle only a
portion of the body at tms With trepid
water in warm room. drylnp thrms.,s.s
with the hair glove To toughen The skin and
get up good Circulation Of the blood.
cretion Of the seSacinns Glands nnght not ~
hattie too often ss thew Lose more Of tb;s
sehacioms matar;ai thai tbav IN snoro th,,s
ieawino the sin hard and s0 yo%der11 ar ue
fore srscenfihie To ali CHANGES ~ tamne,e
tnre This can he conntaraet.d Nv rnhh;nn
Of NIGHT with Salad o,i; tessnoonfn Iu u;i55
he s,,fficient for the bodv Than Wear w ",i
on n;ght drsssas ma Ivy Of =, an "oaa m4oa
with , dro tosve, raIo ~ hat hath vi nns
waaL this MIN 10 snts1o;ant pas aI vnHo
as the shin nnr;fes itSaIf 10 ieroe as.a,t
ST ar me- sugasst Sara l"na 81 yn,noss;os
rbau sra ~ nsdSen;ohio ,,,,i irs tnasi
nanr,e 70 FANNY ahanId us, ;,d " nat cnos'ea
: 10 finn;niarnx, ~ ,nhthie;s' "I 81 w snooo ~
cisesMwhich must ~ nroSeriv ,a snuse o1o s,I,
in sn;rations ~ pJ h nt
~ Az arg estapisneu' anu ene ieast
ti,nnia tad ~ ~ ro ~ ~ a. ar ~
nrad..n,s n a;,S ~ ary 1A ~ iIli.la.eu
~, h., " @ .aple W colas notl-
NY ny 10 ,, no'sJi Vial Eooo Iuppng nightly Win
Snonge then, of IN he ,'or,,ina a, saa,so"ns'
u. oiPonso snoai vi ~ VIC lhoInLle, anu no I'M
thot a, ohina,; lug ~ az. gnecl ~ 80
=. .la; az vpJecsion W ehis treatment
o. sstua ~ 70 s'sa .I.u aSu n;i,-
10 aao;Sas,' th ~ A uu i !wooi
49, .no pussei' as poIous,, STRONG
sae,asa ~ aId away ~ Met Weather, IN
M n'1, ~ traat,, hgaiy every one mas
aver NAV not he ar,;sS em b sess st' now
~, niay NV nc alss. ino nisntcaP treat
ramad1 10 hot oninn arna, an1
titv ~ hiSh,u saitod faod a na 5"'irs q uan
with cream Or whisky. viii II relieve par,
nyvsm NJ conohing n"tbar sycellant rps,,-
adv nm the f;rst svmntoms ~ cold T. 10 taLa
On retiring. fonr grains Of Dover,s nowde,,
nd two Grains ~ nninina IN nil forrn,
this is NOT successful. reneat the dose naxt
night Failinp the next hest thing IL IN con.
suit a good nhvsician. rememherine an ~ .onnca
If preyenfion.' Children nav he Given u few
irops of sweat shirts Of Nitro bathing the feet
HI hot mustard water. and conious dTinks az
warm lemonade Those unsiohtlv fhinga
HERPES OF cold sores. should never he rnhbsd
as the yesicles hurst and crnsts form. The
application of a little .camnhor ice, or fresh
cold cream will be found yery soothing.
sCold rooms. for those with low bodilv
are extremely undesirable. it
Is lust as fathous for those with constitution