Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-09
HOW TO AVOID TAKING COLD.
The Heroic Treatment Recommended
by n New York Physician.

recent article In the COSMOPOLITAN on
the best methods of resisting solids will be
of peculiar interest to women. Autumn
according to the writer. is the most favora-
bic season for cultivating the power Of re-
sistance TO disease. and the cure may be
wrought at home and without expense.
The first important point to be c-onsid-
cred is the skin, for the skin supplements
in functions AMIDST every organ of the
body. So intimately related to the vital
processes is the skin thar a burn OF even
slight severity extending over more than
three-fifths OF the body is usually fatal
The influence of cold upon the skin causes
a temporary blanching of the surface. The
minute blood vessels contract and the blood
recedes and accumulates in deeper and
more protected structures
The circulation, usually sluggish. is pro-
foundly disturbed, the nervous system IL
profoundly impressed, and various unde-
sirable symptoms indicate an immediate IN
ness These results attend because there IL
failure TO react at-the point of exposure
and prompt reaction presupposes pure blood
and plenty OF IL circuls ting in a healthy
skin. Pure blood can only be made from
proper food-not medicine-assimilated dur
ing exercise in pure air not too werm. A
healthy skin is a clean skin. one from which
all the organic debris has been removed by
thorough washing, not by moistening the
greasy impurities and then distributins
them evenly over the surface-as We polish
a shoe; nor, III Ii be permitted to add TO the
picture, by wiping on. woman fashion with
the corner OF the towel, through the week
and taking a half-hearted sponge bath on
Sunday. Now, the months treatment rec
commended by the physician -ho wrote
the article should be commenced imme-
olateiy. and consists in keeping the skin
clean by frequent. thorough, and energetic
bathing, followed by much friction. At the
beginning IL is well TO employ massage oc-
caslonaily until the skin becomes hardened
TO rough usage.
Immediately upon rising move Ieisurely
about the room for a few minutes. day by
DAY increasing the exposure Of the body.
until soon you can take an air bath Of five
OF Ten minutes duration without diScOm-
fort. This exposure should always be fol-
lowed by brisk rubbing before dressing.
Soon the whole body NAV be dampened all
over with the hand moistened in water
which has stood exposed over night and Is
nearly the temperature OF the room. Next
use sponge Slightly moistened; then one
Whlch Is not SO dry. Soon the colo bath
may be taken with mpunity and may be
come more PROLONGED and more beneficial
as the skin becomes accustomed 10 1t
These baths must be followed In all cases
oy brisk and prolonged rubbing OF the skin
and they are merely the skin gymnastics.
not taking the place of the thorough cleans
ing bath, which must be attended to at
some other hour.
AS the weather becomes colder the morn
ing temperature OF the room and the bath
should become gradually lower until when
You are habituatcd to them you may VEN
ture to open the window a little on warmer
mornings and expose the nude body TO a
slight draught. During the night the ma-
cuous membrane should be hardened by
leaving the chamber windows open, guard
ing only against draughts. Keep the feet
warm and dry the body dry, and during the
day remain outdoors as much as the wealth
er will permit. resisting the impulse TO put
on heavy clothing. Avoid violent changes
and the long-continued cooling of a single
part of the body. Remember that the
draught through a two-inch aperture is
often more dangerous than the wind
through an entirely open window, and that
the Thanksgiving dinner is as active in
causing a cold as the November blasts.
The returns issued by the British board of
trade show that during the month of Octo-
Der the imports Increased 100000 and the
exports decreased f5500OO. as compared with
the imports and exports of the correspond
ing month of last year.
Yesterday the longest iron railway bridge
in Germany was opened. Il spans the Wis.,
tula between FordOn. in PTlssian Poland,
and Culmsee. 1t is l.A1e yards long and cost
sOo06n marks