The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-04-22
Thibodaux Sentiutl.
HOW YOU CATCH COLD.
An Ounce Of Prevention Worth Many
Pounds of Cure.

Pounds of Cure.
The winter and early spring are
justly dreaded by elderly people and
those of weak frame on account of a
variety of ills which are commonly
grouped under the title of "a cold" Of
course there is no such thing as catch
ing cold" The term is used to describe
. local congestion, which may run on
to Inflammation or fever, and might,
therefore, be more aptly described as
catching hot" But the good old
name describes the ultimate cause. and
is therefore we'll chosen. 1t is singu-
lar that more is known of apparently
obscure diseases-cholera. tn tuberculosis,
even ANGER or leprosy-than is known
of the everyday ills which are grouped
under the general title. Briefly, it is
known hat a local chill is reflected
by an internal COMPOSITIONS; hat
is, that the chilling and conse-
quent contraction of the blood
supply of one particular section of
the body may be followed by Il conges-
ton or engagement with blood of
some other section not necessarily di-
rectly connected with the exposed
part. How or why this occurs, phys
i@'ogists are yet in doubt. That it
does occur everyone Knows.
The results of engagement with
blood of any particular organ are gen
orally understood. Muscular rheuma-
tism occurs when the muscles are at
tackled, bronchitis hen it falls upon
the delicate membrane of the bronchial
tubes, and more serious maladieS
when it attacks more vital organs.
The "cold settled" is the old fashioned
term on this or that vital organ and it
aptly describes the condition. Of
course there must be some physical
reason for such selection, but the
cause are so obscure that. except in a
most general manner, the doctors are
unable to assign them.
Congestion of any organ may result
in several ways. Sometimes it SUBJ
sides, slowly or quickly as the case
may be. Sometimes it continues and
forms what is known as a chronic case,
with permanent dilation of the blood
Occasionally the congestion is SO
severe that the circulation is
cut off, the part dies. choked to death
by its own over supply, and must be
cast off by a process which is known as
inflammation. In any case the process
is painful and often dangerous.
These few facts, which are well es-
tablished, are about all that is definite
1y known of the phenomena known as
Catching cold" Why of two men sim
ilarly exposed one should die in a week
and the other stuff err no harm is one of
those apparently inscrutable mysteries
which some future generation will have
to solve. The moral, however, is obliv-
ious. 1t is to avoid catching cold by
avoiding local exposure-to maintain
the body in such a high state of health
that a congestion, if brought on, will
result only in temporary and co mpara-
lively trivial suffering. and so to take
care of even a slight congestion that:it
will not run on to the danger which oc-
casionally results from Catching cold"
The ounce of prevention is worth many
pounds of cure, and in changeable,
disagreeable weather there is no better
maxim that can be kept IN mind than
the old one: keep your feet warm,
your head cool. "-Philadelphia Ledger.