Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-20
DIR. HARTMAN.
A Synopsis of His Lecture on
Colds.
How to Catch Them How to
Avoid Them-How to Cure
Them.
The Sneezing Epidemic Out
done by Pe-ru-na.
NAMES IN COMMON Use.

change in theory or within respecting
its cause. Influenza, coryza, acute
catarrh. distenper and catarrhal fever
have each their advocates, who think
their particular name the best one.
But the more common name of ''catch-
ING cold' is, perhaps, as expressive of
the cause of this universal complaint as
any of the more scientific titles. There
fore, "a cold'' is the name that will be
used in this lecture to designate this
distressing and ever-present disease.
CAUSES.
AS is hinted by the name. SO ccld'' II
the result of an exposure to cold in some
form. The exposure to produce the
effect of ''a cold'' must be a peculiar
one. An equal exposure of the whole
body at one time, whether sudden or
gradual. rarely results in catching cold.
People who are much exposed to the
weather, fair and foul, are not so liable
to catch cold as those who spend most
OF the time indoors. A partial expos
ure of the body to cold or wet-the feet.
for instance-is much more likely to
cause "a cold'' than like exposure of
the whole body A draft on a portion
OF the body will cause one to take cold
more certainly than to face gale with
the whole person. Depressed state of
the system. from too close confinement
in warm rooms, or illy-ventilated rooms,
bad food, over-work, chronic disease,
irregular or Incorporate habits. all are
favorable to frequent colds. Catching
cold frequently occurs without any
seeming explanation. One sometimes
goes to bed at night perfectly well, and
wakes in the morning with a cold. A
cold sometimes comes suddenly upon
person in midday engaged in their
usual employment, with no intimation
as to its origin. Again, colds some-
times seem to sweep over a country
like an epidemic, due to SO some MAS
matte, electric or atmospheric cause un-
known.
SYMPTOMS.
In each case slight differences appear
due to the state of health and peculiari-
ties of the constitution of the individual,
Sneezing and slight chilly feelings are
followed by waterY exudation from
the nose, which soon becomes sore, and
cold sores may appear about the mouth
puffy, bloated feeling in the face and
head, and sometimes severe headache,
cough, sore throat, loss of appetite,
aching in the bones of the whole body,
are more or less pronounced in nearly
every case. Hawking, splitting, blow
ing, wheeling, sneezing, shivering.
yawning, stretching, coughing, gagging
and belching, combine to make the
victim as miserable as any disease
known to men,.
THE DANGERS.
Although ''a cold'' is rarely directly
fatal, yet it is the most productive source
of incurable diseases that is known to
the medical profession, At least one
third of the deaths in the United States
are easily traced to the effects of cold.
Group, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, con,
sumption, pleurisy, diphtheria. pneu-
monia, rheumatism, acute heart disease
Bright's disease of the kidneys. neural
gia and paralysis are, in thousands OF
instances. directly traceable to "a cold.
1t is the most frequent, the most dan
gerous, and the most neglected i'll of life.
PREVENTATIyEs.
They may be summed up as clean
illness. all-wool clothing in all seasons.
outdoor exercise, ventilated sleeping
rooms, early retiring and rising, good
food, and plenty to do. Yet in spite of
every precaution. it frequently happens
that cold is taken, and this brings us
to the treatment.
THE TREATMENT
of colds ought to begin with the appear
ance of the first symptoms. Many
years observation has convinced me
that hot-drops, quinine, hot sings,
Dover powders, ginger drinks, and
host of similar remedies. are not only
unreliable, but often injurious, as they
all alike have the effect of causing I'M
natural Precipitation, which is liable to
be checked by the slightest exposure,
and the cold increased thereby. Since
ga cold has the invariable effect of
producing congestion of some mucous
surface, the remedy for it ought to
operate there also. The compound,
Pe.ru-na, was devised by me with es-
pecial reference to this effect. 1t oper-
ates by increasing the circulation in the
mucous membranes of the whole body,
and no matter where ssthe cold may