Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-01
THE "CoLD" SEASON.
An English Doctor SuEgests Aileyia-
tions for Its TerrOrs.


tions for Its Terrors.
Almost everybody one meets is afflicted
with that trivial but annoying ailment a
"cold." This is one of the minor troubles
of life, but it is a singularly perverSe af-
lection all the same, and one decidedly
obstinate as regards it's tendencies to-
ward cure. Perhaps the cold i'll the
head is one of the most troublesome
forms of the ailment. 1t is also the OPP
probrium medicinae, in that you are told
by your professional adviser that it must
indoors in an even temperature if you
wish to get well with fair speed. No
body follows this advice, unless, indeed,
1T be persons of leisure and affluence
who can afford to nurse their afiliction.
But with running nose and watering
eyes, and general sense of nalaiSc. the
man with severe coryZa, as it is termed
Is really an object for pity and commits
Grafton. Doctors are telling us that the
cold in the head is an infectious trouble,
therefore, l suppose, we are to regard
1t as another triumph for the ubiquitous
microbe. Doubtless they are right, and
the spread of cold through a household
may be accounted for on the scientific
principle of ordinary infection. The
means of cure are many. / believe per-
Sonally In taking an opiate to start with
in the shape of fifteen or twenty drops
of chlorodyne in water, repeating the
dose in, say, four hours. A DOyer'S pow
der at bedtime (say ten grains) and n
hot drink, by way of encouraging skin
action, is also an excellent remedy. pro-
yided risk of cold and chill is avoided
The man who moves about may find
much reliee from shifting up little mem
thol snuff now and again, while my ex-
perience of colds in the head-a fairly
large one personally-accords to cubeb
cigarettes a high measure of success in
treatment. OF course, you must bring
the smoke down the nostrilS if it is to
have any good effect
How to prevent colds is another and
a far more important matter. The cold
on the chest is often the prelude to more
serious troubles, and for neglect of
cough we have often to pay very smartly
and dearly later on. Many Of us are
foolish in the matter of underclothing
and footgear, forgetting that warmth of
body ana dryness of feet are safeguards
that nobody can afford to neglect. There
is yet another point which most people
overlook in this matter of cold prcyen-
ton, and that is the matter of food. In
winter our diet should include a larger
proportion of fat than IN summer, and
our own tastes lead us to a menu that
is more liberal in this respect in the cold
season. A great many colds might be
avoided were the system braced up by
additional fat taken as food. We may
make such addition agreeably enough in
the course of our ordinary diet, but many
persons, and children especially, would
be well advised did they employ, after
meals, an emulsion of codliver oil or
some allied preparation. l have been
fortifying myself of late days by taking
Nirol, which is pleasant to the taste, and
which, as regards its composition. offers
fat in an agreeable and easily assimilat-
ed form. The long and short of the
story of cold prevention is the fortify-
ing of the bodily citadel, and generous
dietary, with an additional modicum of
fat. is probably our safest means Of eff
fecting this desirable end.-London
Chronicle