St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21
on TAKING COLD

ON TAKING COLD
Alseraet ef . Lecture BY J. H. KeilsRs'
~. D.. Battle Crock sanatarasn.
The ordinary cold, contracted By ex-
posure to the weather, chills or damp
ness, is really . nervous disease. The
surface il chilled and . relaxation OF
the blOodvessels follows The hrss
dash of cold air when one g0ea out OF
doors has the effect Of contracting tho
blood vessels; II long continued. this Is
followed by relaxation. When long ex-
posed, the body is first pinched and
covered with ''goose hesh" end then it
becomes swollen and red. What You
see on the surface is an exact analogy
Of what happens upon the inside. There
Is immediate connection through the
nervous system between the skin and
the mucous lining of the body ut various
points. - ~
A cold may be general and the mucous
surfaces may be affected all over the
body. The skin is affected, the face
flushed. dry and feverish and the pulse
full. Or the cold may be local, and the
mucous membranes in connection with
those parts may become thickened and
set up . catarrh. The ssoEeness and
stiffness are due to . congcsted state of
the blood vessels.
II i not always necessary to be ex-
posed to . draught. dampness or in
element weather TO get . cold. A per-
son who has been exercising vigorously
g. Sv>
stops his work and sits down under
the shade Of q tree to rest. The
air may not be below 50 degrees,
the slight breeze seems very re-
freshing, but il is lower than the
temperature Of his body, and the mis-
chief il done. Yet q person may go out
into q keen cold air and exercise viGor-
ously all day and not take cold at all.
One hardly ever talsss cold in motion.
unless insufiiciently protected .Adeli-
cate person may take . cold walking
upon damp pavement with thin-soled
shoes, while lumberman or diteher
may go with wet feet all day and not
take cold The lumberman sometimes
reaches his shanty ut night with his
clothing saturated with moisture, wraps
his heavy blanket around him and lies
down TO sleep. and suffers NO inconven-
ience. To one unaccustomed to such .
life it might be . deadly thing 20 do.
On the other hand, persons Oftentale
cold by too much protection, or the neg
lect to observe care 10 make their outer
wraps corresPond with the tempera-
ture, rs it varies from day to day. The
very fact of protection involves danger.
A person puts on IN overc0st and goes
out Of doors; he exercises vigorously for
a short time and perspires profusely.
He comes into the house and throws 09
his overcast The next day he 6nds
that he has contracted . cold, and he
says, II took cold yesterday while out
of DOORS" while the truth Is he took
cold after he eame In. Perhaps he sat
down where there was . light dr.ueAs
from q window, or door was openinto
an adjoining apartment. which was of
. lower Temperature, snd the moisture
in which he was envelOpsd cooled OF
too rapidly.
Another way in which many t&ase
cold is by wearing u Tpbber-eoaA. o.
waterproof, which prevents the passing
on Of the insensible perspiration. ia
person does not sweat, the amount of
insensible perspirstion which wopld se- I,
cumulate IN . few hours amounts to
half pint He is in preeisely the saa6e
condition 'asif half pint of water. had /.
been distributed over his body. He
comes into the house and talces on his
coat and evaporation goes % sorapadly
that he takes cold When . person be
gins to take cold, his sensitiveness in
crcases 50 that IL is exceedingly di6eult
not to take more cold.
/. In addition to nervous colds, there Is
another Kind which i caused by eermxs
These are commonly known a. inA9-
enzas. Such colds are apt togo through
z family o. Q eosnmunity. Sometimes
the germs have developed in the vicini- =
ty, and sometimes they are brought in
by some meanA "A curious sillua1ration
of the importation Of germs was- oh.
served In q little island OF the coast Of
Scotland, which WAS visited Just once .
year bya ship with seovesnmsnS sup
plies An influenza would hesak snts
within two or three weeks after the
ship. had made ;its annual visit and
extend among all the little -conmu-2
nifty. II has been found since
that other islands are similarly a4eokad
hy the arrival of vessels into their
portA The idea has been advanced
that the serDs arc hrousht from msiD
land. E4,Z T - -
We are taking in germs most Of the. !.
time. bae the body il educated to care
for itself 70 . gFeater or less extenS IN !
Of them that they shall do M.
little harm. Some Of these germs
hsve IN especially irritating in
1nence upon the mucous surfaces =
Md increase the how of :, secre-...
lion. The nose 4 strainer
for the lungs. bot souse particular kinds
or germs arc specially irrita&ing TO it, /.
lining membrane. II there h already. ;,
! slight- rswness 70 tbe surflee, as Il
they viii 81 updiseass At dn6s
where . person With peE4ecAly healthy
mucous membrane would escape. In
lhe same way. IL . person has sore
lhrost, the germs easily And lodgmenEg =
These two classes include nearly all !,
kinds 81 'coldk have IN idea that bad
sir might ,eauss . colds am sure Il u
predispo g.-Reported By Helen L
Msnning. +.
Moro Thar Weleens. ,. :.
Mrs. Downton- Il that horrible
looking creature st tie door? Send her
away. ...x5, s.s' t.s Z - z--ts s.~
Mad-She savs she heard y'r hushand.