Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-04
COLD WEATHER HINTS.
the NEAss Oh PREVENTING NuCn
DREADED PNEUMONIA.

A "Constant Reader" asks II one
can do aught Ia the way Of preventing
pneumonia?
Among the diseases prevalent IN cold
weather there are but few which are
less prcventable; that l., In 20 far ~ IN
known. There are humber OF theories
~ 10 Tia. causation OF this disease, but
none Of them have been firmly eslab.
llshod. Whether or not II IL Induced
by exposure, II II very evident that
amer such experience the lungs are Ia
the most favorable condition for pneu-
monia. And II has been pretty clearly
shown that exposure 10 intense cold.
dry air, Is most 10 10 dreaded,
aud especially after the weather
has boon very damp. As,
for Instance, N Il has been
warm during the day and rains the
night following and clears or cold,
with very dry air, then pneumonia l.
very likely 10 he prevalent for n week
or two aftcfward. Hence IL followt
that when such changes occur unu.u.
nj precautions should 10 taken against
catching cold.
Without doubt tho heating arrange.
ment- OF hou-ca, offices, work shoI etc,
'H"'hN'r uot univ ttt llhhlntN W
pneumonia And dry heat acts un
favorably upon the air passages, and
prcdlsposcs 10 the disease. Person,
who are many hours each day ia
rooms heated by steam pipes, would
doubtless be found, upon investigation
70 bo amongst the most frequent vie.
Tins OF pneumonia. Probably gaa
stoves furnish rs dry heat n any ap.
parstus, and for this reason they ought
not TO be used when any other system
il possible.
Worry likely by the use Of alcoholic
drinks one may increase his suscepti.
bility TO pneumonia; most certainly
they are capable OF rondefing him
much moro liable 10 take cold. Alec.
hol j. almost wholly carton. IL IL
therefore q good heat producer, but
after IT. effects have passed on the
nervous system In len moru or less de.
pressed by u, and the body Is less rc.
sistant 20 cold.
means OF prevention which suggest
themselves are due precautions when
under exposure aud especial caro- after
radical changes In tho weather. Tho
air breathoi should be ~ pure IN pos.
rAhtN ~ III w lltn tAIhlNtu
habltualiy 10 very dry heat the need
OF ventilation IL most urgent, and some
means should be found 10 render the
hot air sufficiently moist. This can
generally be done by keeping a pan Of
water on tho registers Of stoves.
temperance Ia eating or drinking
also suggests Itself when considering
the question OF the prevention OF pneu.
NV.Ka. ssfl.e
from exposure aud are the most ffe.
qucnt victims OF "colds" carefully
studied, undoubtedly II would be found
that they were either inordinate Gators
and took but little exercise, or that
they subsisted largely upon foods
which were too great tax upon digos-
tion. Let these organs be- kept strong
amp healthy and "cold" viii be- a u,Ie
experience; whereas II they are over
burdened and weak, II will be- n fre-
quently recurring one.
A word as 10 the symptoms Of pneu-
m0nla. In some eases they arc very
marked, while In Others they are yng,le
and ill.denned. Laymen who have
not had experience In the disease are
extremely UNLIKELY even to suspect its
presence except in typical cases.
Pneumonia may attack only small
portion OF the lung, and remain limited
TO that spot, In which event the patient
IL not very III. Probably this disease n
seldom extensive at once. But Il il
Its nature 10 spread, and II IL easily In.
duced TO do 70 by a variety OF iniiu-
ences.
Were every person attacked with this
disease 10 take 10 his room and guard
himself carefully from exposure for
week ut least afterward, the chances
are that In the lnnnite majority OF
cases the disease would run n mild
course and remain limited " q small
portion OF the lung.
Hut, an rule, when persons are Mt
lacked, they assume that the trouble IN
nothing but cold, " 30 they keep up
and about for day or two; In consa-
quence tho disease spreads, and
large portion Of the lung IL involved
by 1t.
Pneumonia has preference for the
right lung, although, VI course, II not
inffequently attacks the other. One OF
the symptoms which II gives rise 10 Ia n
stitcll'like pain near the nipple. But
this Il not constant, or,in other words,
II II absent In not few cases; while IN |
some IN which II Ia present II N 10 |
thrilling that the patient does not men
ton II.
II much OF the lung Ia involved by |
pheumonia the breathing Ia seriously |