Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-01-28
NO COLDS In THE ARCTIC.
Dsiow Zero Temperature Hardsns
the Membranes and Makes
US the Hair Grow.

Arctic explorers agree that II is next
| to impossible to catch cold within thu
arctic circle. This seems to prove whai
physicians have long argued7-that an
ordinary cold in the head Is an infec-
tious illness caused by specific MI
crobe. The cold Of the far north either
kills the microbe outright, or 80 acts
upon the mucous membrane Of the
nose that 1t renders 1t proof against
the infection.
Speaking Of the arctic regions, says q
metropolitan paper, 1t Is worth mention
ing that a year spent in the extreme
north is worth all the hair tonics In ex-
istence. Arctic whalers and explorers
have, almost without exception testi-
fed to the amazing growth Of the hall
on their heads during exposure to below
zero temperatures. 1t is said that II the
roots Of the hair are not absolutely de-
stroyed, even persons completely bald
can regain their hair by spending IL
months among the eternal Ice.
No disease has made more terribly
rapid strides within the past few years
than cancer, and none has more greatly
exercised the energies Of physicians and
men Of science to fight It. DR.. Alfred
Wolf has collected an immense mass OF
statistics concerning the disease. which
90 to prove that It is far more frequent
In cider and beer drinking countries
than in those where wine Is the usual
beverage. Thus, the south Of France
. far freer than the north.
Secondly, he has shown that thickly
wooded districts suffer worse than
those which are naturally bare or from
which the trees have been cut. Sussex.
Warwickshire, and Deyonshire, Eng
land--aIl well-wooded counties suffer
hlarmingly from cancer, and matters are
even worse In the provinces Of north
eastern France, Bavaria Tin Germany
and in the Austrian Tyrol. It Is there
Tore advisable for those who fear can
GER to move into the open country,
where trees are scarce.
In Borneo and New Guinea this terri
BILE disease Is quite unknown. Dr. Pagel.
who has been practicing for more than
ten years In the former island, has not
only never seen case Of cancer there,
but has never even heard Of one, nor
If its allied disease, lupus. New Guinea,
10 far as can be ascertained, seems
equally free.
The latest idea Is that countries sub
Dect to severe forms of malaria are i'm
mune from cancer. Certainly cancer is
very rare on the west coast Of Africa.
It Is almost unknown in the swampy re-
gions Of Central America and the ANA
son valley. The Sunderbunds also,
those great swamps on the Hooghly, east
VI Calcutta, in whose depths lie many ma
five villages, are also free from cancer.
Every one knows that high grounds
are the best refuge for patients afflicted
with any form of consumption. The
higher Alps will in almost all cases give
new lease Of life to the consumptive
patient. Z
But neither the Alps nor any other
mountain resort can compare for mo-
ment with the desert lands Of southern
California. Here, II the patient arrives
before the disease has absolutely de-
goured his lungs, he can live In the dry.
clear atmosphere for years. In almost
every case the tubercular symptoms at
!ast disappear, though, II the patient
leaves the refuge, 1t is more than prob
able that they will recur, and relapse
will rapidly put an end to his life.
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