The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-04-24

Dr. n wa,osxkhv Gardner ~rises The
Eonorf <p<c>noss i4lt
~coid< arr >lmo<t enkso~n 10 the Are
tic circle. act On .eeosnt Of the action Of
the e~ons;nrsas cold. hat bsesass the
er<stsr part Of shss-esioa ts sninhshitsd.
When Ssr William conwss and HE ncn
~srs exploring sritsiergen, though they
we're exposed to great prisaiieus and we're
almost ecosfsn:ly vet shroarh. they never
caasAt a cold. bot directly they came
dcrn 90 Andfes's settlement on the cosst,
where cone forty men we're living In al
most constant intercoarsc with the main
land. they all developed violent colds
Nausea and bis ren never caught a cold
daring al the three years OF bis voyage.
notwithstanding the ntmost expesase.
bat directly they reached civilization on
the coast Of Norvsy. though stili within
the Arctic circle. tbey al suffered badly
from colds. Thci weather is not always
keen and b~rsciug In the Arctic regions.
during the sumucr time In Franz JOSEF
Land, a. any rate. IL u exceedingly damp.
ANN NAH MA"AfANNn NArA "AUAH INNNaMs
yet the members Of the Jackson-Hatm-
werth expedition never caught a cold
there. though ali but two Of them did 80
directly they touched civilization. More
uote~ orthf sfni we're Conway'e expert
cnces IN HimslayAs. While amonrsi the
mountains he eud his men. notaithstand-
ing great exposure, never caught colds.
nor did they even when they visited the
small remote native village. but once
came down 10 a village whero there was O
small European settlement Ia communica-
tion with the outer world. aud there they
al took bad colds. Nor Is ID only IN the
Arctic regions and afnonrst high noun
tains that coljs are absent. The same
immunity from them IL noticeable during
long sea VOYAGES aud ~heu camping cut
In the desert. and. eth more unexpected
Is. iu the best open-air sanatoriums. such
a. Nordrack where the ventilation t.
practically perfect. IL Is found that the
patients do not catch cold. There l., I
believe. picnty of other cvideuce to show
that there are places remote from ordi-
narg human life where colds cannot be
caught whatever the %cxnosuyc. probably
many &C sour readers can bring forward
Instances.
.On the other hand. that ordinary
colds are in the highest degree Infections
is uow becoming a matter Of common
kuoviedgr, and any medical man 10 he
goes about with open eyes can collect evil
dcncc fer himself 4 have watched "a cold
pass from house 90 house aud have even
traced it FROM one village To- another, and
have listened. not Without some amurc-
mrnt. bile the different sufcrcr- from ii
have explained 10 me just hos tho caught
it-ascuhing % 90 some open uiuiow
change of garment. or other iancicd im-
prudcucs. ] kunu hourrs uhcrc all the
mcmhcrs OF thc household Including WIS.,
itors aud children. agc constantly catching
colds. and fh7y src BOT tho airy or even
thc drsurhis houses. but sisfy. gumv.
hanr ventilated. and dark ones. No
douht % h. possible o. have su iuaamma-
tion of thr nasal mucous membrane, as of
the couiunctiss, from some simple irti-
tant. bot such an event BE- rare. whereas
the ordinary Infectious cold d. hf Tar the
coumoucst OF ~ discaFcs. Surely, there
fore. us Important that is Infections
nc.s should he frankly recognized -
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