Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-11
HYGIENIC TOPICS.
Colds" Simply a Filth Disease. De,
clares an Eminent Physician.

notions about colds. Writing upon
the subject he says: THE disease
runs riot, so to say, all the year
round: scarcely an individual in any
Civilized community escapes al
together while some persons have
an attack every few weeks,
some, indeed, being seldom free
from one: others. notably in
fants and young children who are fed
the most frequently and excessively,
most excessively clothed, and over
whom the greatest care is exercised
to prevent colds are the worst suf-
fererS of all from nasal catarrh diff
cult breathing, etc, and are peculiarly
subject to acute attacks Personally.
when conscious Of being sin condi-
ton l have found it absolutely i'm
possible to become diSordered Through
exposures of the most radical sort to
which I have subjected myself volun-
tarily for the simple purpose Of prov
ing the theory herein advanced; on the
other hand, when I have at times been
to much exposed to indoor life, eating
over-freely, neglecting my exercise,
etc, for a considerable period of time
[ have without any sort of exposure
occa sionaly exhibited some of the
symptoms of what is popularity called
cold, but which l call by what l am
certain is its true name, viz, a filth
disease, pure and simple
The value of sunshine and bright
light in many wasting diseases and
publication devoted to health resorts,
has been proved incontestably by the
benefit which is derived by such
patients at the numerous health re-
sorts, where these physical conditions
form principal factors in the climatic
treatment AS to those cases which
are most likely to derive benefit from
the sun bath-these are the tuberculous
rheumatic and equity diatheses and
patients suffering from renal and
hepatic troubles. In hemOrrhagic
cases and those with a tendency to
cerebral affections the bath is contra
Indicated. In most cardiac troubles it
can be borne, and in some it is bene-
fetal Its use, however, will require
intelligent discrimination or much mis-
chief will result AS to the mode of
taking a sun bath all that is necessary
is the provision of suitable room
where the direct rays of the sun can
play upon the body without exposure
to draught The best period of the
day for taking the sun bath is in the
morning. The temperature should
vary from 05 degrees to ITO degrees
Fahrenheit But this is a matter
which is not altogether comfortable.
being dependent upon the amount
and intensity of the sunlight. The
temperature may, however, be to some
extent regulated by ventilation Ten
minutes is quite long enough at first,
and this may be gradually increased
to half an hour. AS a rule, this
should not be exceeded. The patient
may take occasional sips of water
during the bath, and at its close he
should take a tepid spray or sponge
bath. After this half an hour or so
may be spent reclining on 4 couch in
an adjoining room, until the skin has
sufficiently cooled TO dress.
Prof. Loeffier has suggested new
remedy for diphtheria which appears
to possess more virtue than anti-toX-
inc. This says a medical journal, is
simply a preparation analogous in
composition to mixtures that have
been employed by throat specialists
for many years. 1t consists Of alcohol,
toluol Tor toulene, d., and solution of
per-chloride of iron. Menthol may be
added to deaden the pain caused by
the application, which is made in the
ordinary way by cotton directly to the
diseased membrane, several times a
day. Of II patients treated by his
method all recovered, while of &c cases
treated after the second day Of attack
only one died. Comparing this expe-
rience with the &c per cent mortality
of anti-toxine makes the latter appear
somewhat ludicrOuS in view of the
noise it is making in the world.
Concerning the mystery involving
the cauSatiOn of cancer a writer in a
Philadelphia medical journal says:
Pathological anatomy has informed us
of the elements, structure and evolu-
ton of the morbid condition. It has
shown us what cancer is. It has not
made manifest it's primal cause. The
objective has taught us what is the
most valuable and accurate of our
pathological knowledge. But investi-
Cation has now attained a point be-
yond which the microscope cannot
penetrate, and other methods are nee
essary to supplement and complete it's
revelations. We have learned nothing
as to the causation of cancer nothing
las to it's prevention, moth
ing as to it's cure. De-
spite our boosted enlightenment
where cancer exists, should metasta-
sis have occurred, the most radical Op-
Grafton of the boldest surgeon is of no
avail. Cancer is Still classed as a dis
Sc incurable. The theory that it is
of microbic origin is plausible. 1t sat
isles more of the conditions pre-
scented by the disease than has any
other theory thus far advanced. It
develops directly the cleWS
given by the microscope. If thus far
it has failed of proof, on the other
hand it has not been disproved.
Writing of the virtues of mustard as
a remedy for many human ailments,