Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
TREATMENT OF COLDS.
Valuable Advice for the Countless
Thousands Afflicted In This Way.

| thousands AffllCted IN MS way
| There are many varities Of colds; for in
stance, the orthodox cold, which begins after
sitting in draught, with chilly, creeping
feelings up the back, eliminating in
sneeze. DR. Clark, says the Boston Globe,
calls it contest between the eyes and the
nose TO find which can run the fastest''-the
running slackens, and the nose becomes
stopped by the swelling of the mucous men,
brane, every little air is felt and sets the
person sneezing
Another 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 as
signed TO "ozone clouds"
The commonest way of catching cold Is
through draughts, especially IL one is ex-
hausted or overheated, getting the feet wet;
and here let me recommend rubbing the
| feet with alcohol.
| Some persons are sensitive in the hands,
and II walking or driving on a rainy day
without gloves forthwith develop a cold, sit
ting near a closed window on q cold day,
the glass forming insufficient protection
against the cold outside There Is also dan.
! ger Of catching cold, even on a warm day,
by remaining long time in a room where
the sunlight is shut out, and the windows
kept closed for fear Of dust.
Among ladies the habit of changing heavy
garments on a cold day for something moro
fancy, just to satisfy whim, often results
| in serious bronchial trouble j have heard
of young men washing their heads every
morning in cold water 10 clear the brain,
smooth the hair then rush out doors with
out waiting to thoroughly dry the hair, never
stopping TO think that nature makes US pay
back all we exact of her.
DR.. Brown Sequard considers the feet and
neck the very sensitive parts. His theory
! is TO blow a stream of air upon the neck by
means of a bellows, the air at first TO be
slightly cold, increasing every day, until the
neck can stand an Arctic blizzard. The
| temperature OF the foot bath 10 begin with
ninety degrees Fahrenheit, gradually re-
ducing TO thirty eight degrees Fahrenheit.
| For persons with vigorous health, good
circulation and freely acting skins nothing
is more wholesome than the morning cold
bath and scrub down afterwards with rough
towels, it is strengthening to the spine and
nervous system, and is the best preventive
against cold. Those who can not bear the
cold bath might train themselves TO it by
right methods; these would be, to battle only
portion OF the body at a time with tepid
water, In a warm room, drying themselves
with the chair glove" 10 tougher the skin,
and get up good circulation OF the blood
Persons whose skins are poor in the Sc
cretions OF the sebaceous glands ought not
| TO battle too often, as they lose more of this
sebaceous material than they can spare,
thus leaving the skin hard and powdery,
therefore susceptible 10 all the changes OF
temperature.
This can be counteracted by rubbing at
night with salad Oil" a teaspoonful will
be sufficient for the body. Then wear wool
en- night-dresses and rub of in the morning
with dry towel Take a hot bath once
week; this will be sufficient for cleanliness,
as the skin purifes itself 30 a large extent.
Let me suggest here lung gymnastics.
They are Of endeniable utility To fiat-chest-
ed people, 10 round shoulders and to those in
the incipiency of ''phthisis.n BY these eX-
! ercises (Which must be properly learned)
full inspirations are established, and the
least available parts of the lungs-the
apices-receive their full complement of air,
and are stimulated TO throw off any exist
ing initiated products.
For children liable to colds nothing is bet.
ter than good rubbing nightly with cod
liver oil, wearing wooden night gowns.
! Sponge them of in the morning, and no I'M
! pleasant odor remains. The effect is so
! beneficial that all objection TO this treatment
ought TO be laid aside.
Wear wooden or silk Undertaking wool
I is decidedly the better as it is porous) strong
! boots, rubbers always in wet weather.
In regard TO cold-curing, nearly every ono
has his own treatment. A few suggestions,
however, may not be amiss.
The "nightcap'' treatment is often success
! ful. Another efficacious remedy is hot onion
Cruel and eating quantity of highly sailed
food is good.
Glycerine, with cream, will relieve par
oxyism of coughing Another excellent
remedy, on the first SYMPTOMS OF cold, is TO
4 take on retiring four grains of Dover's pow
der and two grains of quinine in pill form. II
this is not successful repeat the dose next
night Failing, the next best thing is TO
consult good physician, remembering an
| "ounce OF prevention"
Children may be given a few drops Of
sweet spirits of inter, bathing the feet in
hot mustard water and copious drinks OF
warm lemonade.
Those unsightly things. "herpes." or cold
sores, should never be rubbed, as the vesi-
Giles burst and crusts form. The application
| of little "camphor ice. " or fresh cold cream,
| will be found very soothing.
| Cold rooms, for those with a low bodily
| temperature, are extremely undesirable. IL
| Is just s fatuous for those with constitution
al =, 4kncss TO occupy cold rooms as it is TO
/ get into cold bath. These persons and par
! ticularly females. should never dress in a
/ room without fire in winter, and, while
some persons with robust natures can stand
one Of those damp reception-rooms where
people keep the blinds closed for fear OF
spelling the carpets most persons Will con-
tract severe cold during a half-hour's stay
in such place. If such place feels damp,
and one feels, after entering, that he has a
chill-and a chill is almost always, though
not invariably, tho first symptoms OF a
cold, he should leave such "A place, or in
sst on being shown into some other apart
ment This may happen in the middle OF
summer.
There are many people who are apt to re-
gard cold as a mere trifie, and not worthy
of any especial care; yet In the same BREATH
II you attempt TO console them, they will
assert that a cold is one of the most annoy
ing maladies one could be subjected to. In
its incipiency, cold il not a very dangerous
thing of itself. but II allowed to remain 1t
may be productive of serious results. A
simple cold may result in bronchial trouble
and gradually continue until consumption
, sets in.
Right here a technical definition Of cold
by prominent physician Of London would
be interesting. He says that the principal
feature of cold is a swollen congestcd con.
dition of the mucous membrane lining the
nostrils and the air spaces connected with
them, AM ...creased irritability of the mem.
brane aud increased congestion"
The Wav TO Settle It.