The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-11
People Care Nothing for Professional
Differences if it Cures.

Differences If 1t lures.
Medicine these days is making such
strides that the cure of today is sup
planted by the cure of tomorrow, and
new discoveries rcyolutionize the theories
and practices of treatment. 1t Is we'll
that our best physicians are Slow to ac-
ccpt innovations. for often the remedies
hcraldcd with the loudeSt acclaim soon
disappear. and il Is risky thing to try
experiments on human life. At the same
time. t. at seems to be about the only
way 10y which real progress may be
made.
This year what is known as the chic
rine remedy for diphtheria has been
thoroughly tried on twenty -four cases in
the Kingston Avenue hospital, in Brook
lyn. and the result was rWenty-fOur com
plcte recovcrieS. The New York board
Of health is now making further tests,
and its report viii be anNiouSly awaited.
In the meanwhile. physicians who have
tried the remedy are sending Individual
cases of successful treatment The rem
edy. broadly described, Is the inhalation
OF chlorine. and. while the method now
under investigation is said to hc the dis
covery of Dr. +. NJ. Bracelin of Daven-
port, Ia. physicians Of prominence state
that they have used the same thing III
certain forms in their practice.
With the professional differences the
people have little concern. The impor-
tant fact is. whether OF not a new dis
covcry has reduced the chances of this
much-fcar"d contagi"n. If it has, there
will he general rejoicing Baltimore
American.
Curiosities of Colds.
1t is remarkable fact that people
catch colds only when they are warm.
\ correspondent of the London Spectator
says that Their" are places where It Is
impoSSihe to catch Il cold simply be
cause there are no colds To catch, and
that these places. Sneularly enough. are
in the Arctic region. The explorer Nan
sen aud his men during the three years
spent in the Arctic never caught cold
though they were constantly exposed TO
fatigue and wet, and slept in wet gar
mrntS aud went about all day with wet
feet The moment they returned TO civ
ilization they all caught cold. The mem
herS Of the .iackson-H armsworth Arctic
expedition stayed three years In Franz
Josef land and never had cold, though
Wet feet was their "chr0uic experience
and on ono occasion SIX of them were
exposed To- gale III Il boat for three days
and nights. all drenchcd to the skin.
and when they arrived on land. had to
remain in their wet clothes and let them
dry on their bodies. With but two cX-
rcrtiauS they caught severe colds as soon
AZ they returned to "lYIilZaton. sir Mar
/ tin CONWAY. while exploring SpitZbergCn,
with his four companions. was often wet
through and frequently slept i'll wet
! clothes. but they never caught cold until
/ they returned to the Andree settlement
/ on the coast. Wherever European set
| Elements exist, there colds seem to de
| vclop and the writer says that tn" only
/ time the people living on the lonely isle
of st. Kida catch cold i when eXcur-
Il lri,, ~,
/ visitors Then every inhahitant of the
| island. babies included, is seized with
| a cold. all Of which, the writer says.
| shows that cold is an Infections disease
| prevalent only whore civilized man OK
/ lists. This theory indicates that The more
| the people coddle themselves the more
| likely they are TO catch cold, and that
! fresh. cool air with good ventilation is
! the best preventive of coughs and colds.
| -Ieslies Weekly.