The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-08
As REGARDS coios.
How to Get Rid Of this Common an
troublesome ComplaInt.

HOW 10 uet htO OF t0l9 common 000
Troublesome Complaint.
II is safe TO say that out OF every
four persons il this city three have
colds. Tie rapidly shifting weather.
the Interchange OF sunshine and rain
and the general ~carelessness of the
people are the causes. Not one person
in a hundred takes care of himself or
herself. Imprudence is the rule; dis
erection the exception. OF course the
result is gratifying to the proprietors
Of cough syrups and similar concOc
tions. but it takes away a great deal OF
comfort from life and increases the
large total OF human misery. One Of
the most annoying experiences of .
civilized ace is the necessary and
troublesome attentions that an able
bodied cold demands.
There are ways OF treating .
cold than there are UNCONVENTIONAL
systems for leading a correct life.
Nearly every physician has a different
remedy and a congregation Of remedies
and there is not a layman who does
not know something that will cure
quicker than any thing else. Mention
to your friends that you have q cold
and you will get enough varying pres
criptiOns to ill a small-sized encyclo.
pedia. Try them all and you will
either cure your cold or make yourself
a confirmed invalid. Many an limo
cent person in the possession OF fair
health has become a source of wealth
to doctors because of superabundant
advice of friends and acquaintance.
OF course. the best way is to keep
yourself in good condition. so that the
system can resist the attacks OF dis.
ease. When once you get a cold. how
ever. you should take it in hand imme-
diately and consult a physician. Tho
method Of letting colds take care OF
themselves is a good way to invite
yourself to a funeral. A suggestion
that comes from a physician OF large
practice in Washington will prove in
tercsting. and it may be valuable. He
finds, he says. that colds are due to
plethora and the remedy he uses is
starvation. ITO make the benefit per-
manent," he says, .'let the patient alb
| stain from food, both solid and liquid.
for twenty-fOur hours. and then let
him take a Turkish or Russian bath or
a brisk walk, or both, and he will find
his experiment to result in a perma-
nent benefit" He states further: I'm
eating but n meal per day. ian ex.
pertinent which | tried for Ovcr q
year, l found that l was absolutely
exempt from every symptom OF tho
disease. and nearly so upon resuming
me twO-mcal system, which l nov fol-
low. But the thrce-meal system.
subject as | am to the catarrh diathe-
sis, gave mi constant symptoms of ple-
thOra. which shows itself in catarrhal
| discharges, colds and bronchitis. One
member of my family. noted for being
avery light eater. never has a symptom
of the disease. never finds a handker-
chief necessary. needs even to
clear the throat" This is the result
of cOmmOn-sense moderation in eating.
Commanding is always dangerous,
and the perpetual eater has to pay for
his pleasures in doctor bills. Temper
ance in food is rs necessary to health
as temperance in drink.
The starvation plan is undoubtedly
a cheap one, and it can not do much
harm to try it. although it may 60 de-
cidedly against the grain to make the
experiment when the patient it stop
ping at a high-priced American hotel.
The national trait OF getting ones
moneys worth would stand in the way.
Still, good health is better than eat
ing for spite. and il a days starvation
doesn't result beneiicially there arc
several thousand other remedies that
can be tried. baltimore American.