San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-18
TALKS WITH A DOCTOR
PERTINENT AND PRACTICAL SUCCESS
TONS ABOUT COLDS.

Avoid ScrupuIousIy Wet Feet, Exposure
and Taking "A Chill-Prompt Remedies
Prevent q CoId-Ouinine the Best, But
1t Should Not BE Taken Regularly.
The old legend says that Constantine
was converted to Christianity by the APP
pearauce of flaming cross in the sky at
MONDAY, with the motto, I'm hoe signo
| vinces."
| lit would be a means of converting the
world, or even part of the world, to more
| prudence and common sense, i would
very much like to pre-empt a section of
| "the spacious armament on high" some
dark night in the fall. and there blazon
forth in grand illumination the sign of a
pair of overshoes, with the words, keep
your feet dry"
AS a people we care too much for the
neat, shapely foot, and to attain that end
we wear shoes entirely too thin. The effect
of this custom is twofold. 1t breeds an i'm
mense amount of misery in the way of
coughs, colds. hoarseness and sore
throats," influenza, catarrh, neuralgia,
rheumatism, ETC., not to mention that
swift slayer, pneumonia, and second, its
effect is to help fatten the doctors pocket
book.
am not writing an advertisement for
the manufacturers of overshoes, but at the
same time this article of apparel is too
much neglected. To be sure, with the ut
most care, exposure is sometimes unavoid
able. 1t so often happens that the over
shoes and overcoat and umbrella are in
exactly the wrong place when the storm
comes, but in case of these exposures much
of the misery which is apt to follow might
be avoided by little extra care after we
reach home.
ABOUT WET FEET
In the case of wet feet and a general
soaking, when you feel the attack of cold
creeping over you, on reaching home take
off your wet clothes, take hot bath and
give yourselfa thorough rubbing. In ex-
IRENE cases put mustard in the water, or
follow up the bath with thorough rub
bling with water and alcohol mixed half
and half.
If you feel that you have taken cold, es-
pecially if it be at night, take good, thor
ough drink of hot boneset tea, and go to
bed and cover yourself up warm. 1t may
possibly cost you the evening, but it pays
in the end, and you will be ready to &C
knowledge it the next day. The hard rub
bling especially is essential as it is almost
sure to prevent that soreness and aching of
the bones the next morning.
One of the most frequent effects of ex-
posture to cold and wet is cold in the head
If taken in time this is easily avoided by a
heroic dose of quinine. Don't make the
mistake of taking quinine in small doses,
two or three grains at intervals. Lf you
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large dose, and only one. In the case of an
ordinarily strong adult would not hest
tate to give twelve grains at one dose.
Take it on going to bed at night, and you
will sleep through all the buzzing in the
head, and the general uncomfortable feel
ing that attends the taking of it in the day
time.
CURING COLDS.
If the cold is deeper set and affects the
throat and bronchials the most effective
remedy can advise is as follows: Mix to-
gether an ounce of granulated muriate of
ammonia and half an ounce of powdered
cubebs. Put a teaspoonful of this mixture
in bowl and pour on about half pint of
hot water. Stir it up well ard then let it
settle. Begin taking this while it is hot, a
swallow every half hour, and continue tax
ing (even after it is cold for several hours
In the case of all colds it is very impor-
tant that the bowels be kept open. Any
gentle laxative can be used, preferably
compound licorice powder.
If all colds made themselves manifest in
the same way it would be comparatively
easy matter to treat them; but no two
colds act in the same way, and no two peo-
pie are affected in exactly the same way.
Decidedly the cold that is especially disa
greeable is the one that shows itself in a
feyerish cOndition-the hot, tight head
ache and the dry, hot, creeping sensation
of the skin.
Where these symptoms occur, if it is
possible for you TO keep yourself indoors
and out of drafts and so on, tinCture of
aconite will remove the disagreeable con
diJions. / advise the homeopathic tinct.
ure of aConite Add ten drops to half a
glassful of water, and take a mouthful
every half hour until the sensation of dry.
ness of the skin has passed away. The
effect of acOnite Is to open the pores, and
too much care cannot be used to avoid eX-
posture to drafts and the consequent taking
Of more cold.
CURE FOR EARACHE.
In the case of children earache is an espe
cially disagreeable effect of exposure, and
is easily cured by very simple remedy
Take a bit of cotton, soak it in sweet oil oil
glycerinc, sprinkle black pepper over it
insert it in the ear and keep the child il
where It is warm for a few hours ana the
| trouble will soon be over. Another Ole
! fashioned but excellent remedy for earachC
! N to boil an onion, remove the outer Layers
/ until only the little smooth core of the
| onion remains, and insert it in the ear as
I warm a. the child can bear it.
! And just here let me say that earachc