Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-06

: AS REGARDS COLDS.

How to, Get Hid of this Common and
~ Troublesome Complaint. e..s..ssss
It is safe. to say that out OF. every
four persons in this city three have
colds. The 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 great deal of
comfort from life and increases the
large total of human misery. One of
the most annoying experiences of
civilized race is the necessary and
troublesome attentions that an able
bodied cold demands.
There are more ways of treating a
cold than there are UNCONVENTIONAL
systems for leading a correct life
Nearly every physician has different
remedy and a congregation.ofsre
and there is nota layman who does
not know something that will cure
quicker than any thing else. Mention
to your friends that you have cold
and you will get enough varying pres
criptions tosfill a small sizeiu encyclo-
pedia. Try them all and you will
either cure your cold or make yourself
confirmed invalid. Many an inno-
cent person in the possession Of fair
health has become source Of wealth
10 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. The
method of letting colds take care of
themselves is a good way to invite
yourself to funeral. A suggestion
that comes from a physician of large
practice in Washington will prove in
teresting, 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 abb
stain from food, both solid and liquid,
for twenty-fOur hours, and then let
him take Turkish or Russian bath or
brisk walk, or both, and he will find
his experiment to result in a perma-
nent benefit" He states further: I'm
eating but one meal per day, Gan ex-
pertinent which | tried for over a
year) found that | was absolutely
exempt from every symptom of the
disease, and nearly so upon resuming
the two-meal system, which now fol-
low. But the three-meal system,
subject ais | am to the catarrh diathe-
sis, gave me constant symptoms of pie
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, never 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 as 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 go 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 if a days starvation
doesn't result benefcially there are
several thousand other remedies that
can be tried.-Baltimor American.