St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-04-13
WHAT The DOCTOR SAYS.
Careiessness of People with Colds Annoys
q Him Xsr.r Much,

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Him Very Much.
Sometimes when woman comes To
t see me with her cor, exion the color
/ of ashes, her eyes as bleary as if She
had been running in the teeth Of gale
for a week without vail or glasses, and
her lips a pale pink blue combination
of tints, feel very much like ordering
an ambulance and sending her to- n
hospital, for there and there only will
she be kept in bed and have the care
which she needs. IA specimen of this
type of woman came to ask my medi-!
cal advice q few days ago She cough
ed like person in tho last stages OF
consumption, her tongue was yellow.
her slSinssvas. hot. and dry and -she said
cold childs were chasing each other up
and down her back, 10 begin with, 7
ordered her home to bed and she at
once rebelled. asked why - s.sIgY Well, /
have been so busy going out every day
that have hardly had moment even
to come to see you, but j have come
simply SO that youswill give me soine-
thing to take for my cold and brace
me up for my afternoon tea to-mor-
row.
And you will receive your guests IN
a. nightgown, madam, or be q dead
woman tomorrow night, Y said. Oh
course she took offense and called me
a most ungracious and harsh thing,
and started to go. Finally she ealmed
down and told me how She had caught
cold. She had had 1t for nearly three
weeks; she had: taken q hot bath,
changed her heavy dannels for light
ones, and gone to the house of .. friend
q block away to attend a dance. She
had walked there with only a long
loose wrap around her besides her
light evening gown because it was
such short distance. The. next day
she had cold in her head and chills
and fever; SO she took a dose of auinine
and went out to make calls. She had
spent three weeks Of activity, which
makes me exhausted to simply think
of. Balls and dinners every night,
calling and shopping by day, thin
clothes and light shoes wet feet snd
no lunch! OH such "a list sof misde-
meanorsl Such crimes against health
as she had committed! And now she
refused to obey my ordersi
was very much out Of patience.
sco1ded until Twas In a fever i wrote
a note to her husband. stood over
herwhiIe she indicted notes caneelIing
all her engagements for the coming
three weeks. sent her home, and said
IwouId 60 TO see her that evening.
did, and of course she was in a raging
fever and only half conscious. She
didn't get pneumonia. How she es-
capped is a marvel, but 1t took good
month to make her look any thing like
a normally wholesome womanl
have no interest IN the woman who
sends her child to school when he
coughs and has d sore throat, and ! am
sorely enspaakl to- blister the com
who parades the. streets this weather
without rubbers, and then wants To
know how she got cold. The
first law of health and sense ID
to keep the extremities warn.
Wear woolen mitts and thick stock
ings and shoes. AL the fur around
your neck or pads Of unwh some stuff
on vour chest will not keep yor from
getting cold if your hands are frozen
and your feet wet. And while grip
and kindred insipient horrors are ram
pantin the; Land have good, hot. plain
food, warm clothes and keep regular
hours y, Advertiser. ss#