Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
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AS REGARDS COLDS.
How to Get Rid OF this C0mmon and
Troublesome Complaint.

How to Get Rid OF this Common and
Troublesome Complaint.
1t Is safe to say that out OF every
'our 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 hundred takes care OF himself or
herself. lmprudence is the rule; dis.
cretion the exception. Of course the
result Is gratifying to the proprietors
OF cough syrups and similar concOc-
tions, but it takes away great deal o.
comfort from life and increases the
large total OF human misery. One g:
the most annoying experiences u
civilized race Is the necessary and
troublesome attentions that an able,
bodied cold demands.
There are wore ways OF treating
cold thea there are denominations,
systerls for leading q correct life
Nearly every physician has different
remedy and u 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 cold
and you will get enough varying pres
criptions to fill small-sizel encyclo.
pedin. Try them all and you will
either cure your cola or make yourself
II confirmed invalid. Many an inno-
cent person in the possession OF fair
health has become a source Of wealth
TO doctors because OF superabundant
advice OF friends and acquaintances.
OF course, the best way is to keep
Yourself in good condition, SO that the
system can resist the attacks OF dis
case. When once you get cold. how
ever you should take 1t 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 II physician OF large
practice in Washington will prove in
teresting. and II 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
brisk walk, or both, and he will find
, his experiment to result in perma-
nent benefit. He states further: .'I.
eating but one meal per day. Gan es-
pertinent which | tried for over =
. year, found that was absolutely
, exempt from every symptom of the
disease, and nearly so upon resuminy
, the two-meal system. which l now fol-
? low. But the three-meal system.
, subject as | am to the catarrh dia he
n 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 SYM tim
OF tho disease, never finds handker-
a chief necessary, never needs even to
i clear the throat" This is the result
4 OF commOn-sense moderation in eating.
: Gormandizing is always dangerous.
p and the perpetual eater has to pay for
] his pleasures in doctor bills. Temper
ance in food is as necessary to health
y as temperance in drink.
. The starvation plan is undoubtedly
q cheap one, aAd 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.
i. The national trait OF getting ones
: moneys worth would stand in the way.
Still, good health is better than eat
q. ing for spite. and II a days starvation
;, doesn't result beneficially there are
:, several Thousand other remedies thai
. can be tried. Baltimore American.