New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-14

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eliminating in a sneeze. DR.. Clarke
calls it "a contest between the eyes and
the nose to find which can run the fast
est 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. ..An-
other kind will announce itself without
feeling, simply sneezing; and, again,
some take cold first in the throat and
afterwards in the head. Then there is
the catching cold. or influenza. the
cause of which is assigned to ozone
clouds The commonest way of catch
ing cold is through draughts, especially
if one is exhausted or oVerheated, get
ting,.tthe feet wet; and here let me, rec
ommend rubbing the feet in alcohol.
COLD BATHS RECOMMENDED.
s.Dr. Brcwn-Sequard considers the
feet and neck the very sensitive parts.
His theory is to blow stream of air
upon the neck by means Of bellows,
the air at first to be slightly cold, in
creasing every day, until the neck can
stand an arctic blizzard. The tempera-
-ure of the foot bath to begin with 80
deg. Fahrenheit, gradually reducing to
58 deg. Fahrenheit
For persons with vigorous health,
good circulation and freely acting skins,
nothing is more wholesome than the
morning scold bath and scrub-down af-
forwards with rough towels. It is
strengthening to the spine and nervous
system, and the best preventive against
cold. Those who cannot bear the cold
bath might train themselves to it by
right methods: these would be to bathe
only q portion of the body at a time
with tepid water in a warm room, dry
ing themselves with the 'hair glove to
tougher the skin and get up good cir
.culation of the blood.
persons whose skins are poor in the
secretions of the sebaceous glands ought
not to bathe too often,as they lose more
OF this sebaceous material than they can
spare, thus leaving the skin hard and
poWdery, therefore susceptible to all the
changes OF temperature. This can be
"counteracted by rubbing at night with
salad OIL. A teaspoonful will be suf-
ticient for the body. Then wear weolen
night dresses apd rub off in the morn
ing with a dry towel. Take a hot bath
once a week; this will be sufficient for
cleanliness, as the skin purifies itself to
a large extent.
LET me suggest here lung gmynas-
tics. They are OF undeniabe utility for
flat chested people, to round shoulders,
and to those in the incipiency of phthis-
is. By these exercises (Which must be
properly learned) full inspirations are
established, and the least available
parts of the lungs s-the apices
their full compliment of air, and are
stimulated to throw off any existing un-
dltrated products. For children liable
to colds nothing is better than good
rubbing nightly with cod liver oil,
wearing woolen night-gowns. Sponge
them off in the morning and no un-
pleasant odor remains. The effect is so
beneficial that all objections to this
treatment ought to be laid aside. Wear
woolen silk underclothing (wool is de-
cidedly the better, as it is porous) strong
boots, rubberS always in wet weather
A WARM ROOM NECESSARY.
'sCold rooms, for those with a low
uouliy teupeEatufe, are extremely I'M
desirable. 1t is just as fatuous to those
with constitutional weakness to occupy
cold rooms as it is to get into cold
bath These persons, and particularly
females, should never dress in room
without a fire in winter, and, while
some persons with robust natures can
stand one of these damp reception
rooms where people keep the blinds
closed for fear of spelling the carpet,
most persons will contract severe cold
during q half-hour's stay in such a
place. If such a place feels damp, and
one feels after entering that he has a
chill-and a chill is almost always,
though not invariably, the first symp-
tom of coId-he should leave such a
place, or insist on being shown into
some other apartment. This may hap,
pen in the middle of summer