Smyrna times., 1889-01-30
CAUSES OF COLDS.
SOME EXPLANATIONS GIVEN BY
WELL KNOWN PHYSICIANS.

WELL KNOWN PHYSICIANS.
Violent Climatic Changes, stenches of tho
Street and the Contemplate Cigarotfo
More Or Less to Blame in the Matter.
Other Causes.
"Do you think that the vile smells ema.
mating from the torn up streets have any
thing to do with the prevalence of colds?"
asked the reporter of Dr. Lewis A. Savre.
Most unquestionaby | do. Those
gases OF which you speak are very poison
Jus 1hey attack and weaken the system
VI any one that breathes them to such an
extent that 1t becomes more easily affected
LOU only by climatic changes, but bv all
diseases. The strong man may throw off
glsease' out the weak one has to go un-
ger. consider it an outrage that tbe
citizens of this city have to be subjected
10 the dangers resulting from breatbinr
such an atmosphere. In my daiv rounds
as physician pass through whole blocks
OF TINS detestably vitiated atmospbere
ana cannot wonder that the DeonIe Of
the neighborhood are i'll. "
DO you think that the smoking of
| cigarettes makes one more liable TO CON
tract cold?" 0'Ai
Yes. The smoke from the stuff that
Is put into cigarettes irritates the mucons
mem Drahe OF the bronchial tubes until they
become lhIamed, and in that condition
Jhey are more susceptible to the a+tacLs
| OF cold. But the subject of colds is encb
wide one and so varied that it is imnoe-
! slole now to enter into detailed discns.
sion think that you NAV safely mt
Gown the remarkable prevalence Of the
many troubles that are classed as colds to
Uhe extraordinary climatic chances that
we nave recently experienced and to tbe
4ouI stenches that beset US from the torn
up Streets" '0-Ai
1t is news to me that colds are so
prevalent, aaid DR.. Anthony RuDpauer
the next physician visited But l do find |
prevalence of bronchial troubles which |
are are 0Iten mistaken for colds, such as |
DIohchlal catarrh, bronchitis, tonsilitis. |
pharyngltls, laryngitis, and all sncb |
troubles that are commonly denomina+ed |
coIuS. Ihey are ia reality the natural
results OF breathing the abominable rases
a mat arise continually from our streets
Inc solid particles in these noisone va
Pors continually strike on the mucous
mem orane, and finally cut it away. This
produces violent Inflammation. and in
Jhat condition one becomes thOrourbII1
susceptible to climatic changes. REGARD
New York as the healthiest citv in +be
world on account of its magnificent sitno-
Ilon; 1t IS washed on either side bv n
~ IHIISnJy river, and pure ocean breeze
OIoWs over 1t continually. But if it were
ilOI Ior TINS splendid situation it would
t% Do One unhealthiest city in the world, for
the municipal government seems n 10
Golng all III its power to achieve that end
why, the street here in front of NV ofico
mas been dug up and repaved four SEN
arate times in as many months. and each
yilLe 5! we nave been assailed by the same
disgusting and poisonous odors.
another thing that develops and ap
eraVates these throat troubles is smollinr
ana II doesn t make any difference if the
TOBACCO Is the best, it has i'll effects. NOT
so SO much as poor tobacco or the contemnt.
IDLE cigarette but it is bad enough. N6yv
you OF any other gentleman can make an
experiment for yourself. When Won pet
up some morning sit before your mirror
~ anu ~. TOOK INTO your throat. You will find
tli1o ~ Is ne color OF boiled salmon, which
Is natural. Then smoke a cirar for fvo s
minutes, and look again. Y0u viii f,'J
ghat the salmon color has given place ia n +
deep red. Smoke for fifty minntes on6 +
you will find your throat has the anneor, e
Ahce OF raw beef. In that condition If is [
susceptible to climatic changes. There. G
-ore' as health move, would do ovvoy, y
WIN Doth the vile gases of the streets t
'nd smoking, but especially with the for s
ner: Their existence is a menace 10 +bo +
public health" '1ie a
IT l. 8 Robertson was so i'll with n v
oIo mat he could scarcely speak when | Ii
ne reporter called, but the subject pleased G
nm ana he talked on it with much free
| ,on; lie agreed fully with DR.. Savre and c,
& y, &hUPpauer concerning the effect of the Il
.ases from the streets and the babit of "
iigGrette smoking on PRODUCING colds and 2,
hroat troubles. He said that two veors n
go when the streets were being o6ened "
e haq twenty-seven cases of liberated cs
ore Jnroat at one time in the Broodv,o,7 +,
oteIs between Twenty-third and Forty. f.
5coHu stfeets. lie had observed since Y,
hat the people along the line of anv II
loroughtare that was being disrunted NJ
ere subject to throat troubles conCbs "
iIu 4 colds, condition that he attribufed III
noIiy 10 the miasmac condition of the
-IlOs ll&, pnere IN such neighborhoods.
buI there are other influences that +b
~ ,o9s De considered, he continued 'In GO
10 10 Hrs1 place, we live here on an island X
- : ,ilIli ~ continually damp atmosphere isl
5 result, we are afflicted with CATARRHAL -,
oubIes. New York has 80 per cent. mora ~.
ses OF eatarrh than any city in the world -
-cepJ Boston Now this catarrhal CON -,
tlon IS so susceptible to climatic inau. e.,
ICE That any little change in the weather ao
lngs on cold in some shane. ~, ~
another very important factor in this ~
after Is the carelessness of people in III
esslng themselves. A man comes home 81, 81
om business at night, throws off a heavy
u II OF clothes, jumps into full dress.
'nough the temperature has fallen % A.,
gS'' ana starts for the theatre His ~.
~ Ilgs OUT IN some fanciful costume rar
at does not keep her half warm and oc- 80
npanies him. They stop in tbe Iobbv tt oi
tne tneatre and remove their wraDs So o.,
at the audience may have n fnH az .'ii'
Nv OF their splendor as they prom ~ ~
lde down the aisle Meantime r.
~ are IN a chilling draupbt -, =,
tween the acts the man comes ont and - :, =
lnds about smoking cigarette or else 10 10
runs across the street to get n drinlr L.
ter the theatre it is q little sumner at Ia Ia
where they have to wait in a ~, 49,
'ught half an hour for a table. Then &c, &c
y WILL VII PROBABLY sit by half open win. yvo,
- ne next morning they wonder how nor
y could have caught cold and grumble &c &c
Ii3 oIe uoGCof lee. Half my patients rem
5TO oOlu III just that way, and in Yor
y .,.i.,ilI iiiusV cohIess that my own severe
irseness is due to just that cause.
But colds are caught in a Thousand
Us, such as walking fast and stonnine- -'c,'t( 70
a few minutes, overheated rooms III
Iughty cars and so Onad infnitum. Most stat
Is come from the open pores of the skin hun
ig suddenly closed and the blood beino q tr.
3 driven from a surface or skin circT. If y
on to the lungs. In other words. cold fam
onIgestion. 1t is almost impossible to Evel
ID this evil, and my individual experi. whic
shows that it has been incrsasino. crow
ry year for the past three years. like
enty-iive per cent. Of my patients have coun
.rfh trouble in one shape or another" arc
g" 1ork Times Interviews. Pete
forts
Guying the British Detective Of I