The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-01-13

Professor Max Herr, an Austrian
scientist, has lately published an es-
say on 1.-THE difference between wind
and draught," in the course Of which
he defines draught to be 'a current
of air in an inclosed space" He Illus
trates the idea by saying that if per-
son who is in a room sits before an
open window into which the wind is
blowing it Is harmless, but that If he
sits near an open window past which
the wind Is blowing the air inside is
drawn out Of the window by suction
and Is certain to give him a cold.
Strangely enough the professor makes
no mention Of draughts except cur
rents of air moving from a room
through window to the outside Of the
may be, an American draught is any
current of air which chills the body
uneQually. In the nature of the case
this can not happen out Of doors, nor
can it be produced indoors by an air
current Of great volume or of great
force. For the most part it is a gentle
movement of cool air toward some linn
tied portion Of the body and the gentle
ness Of the movement constitutes its
greatest danger, because it frequently
does severe damage before 1t Is no.
ticed. The same effect may be pro-
duced without any air current at all.
A person who goes into a warm hall
and sits down with his shoulder near a
cold iron pillar or plaster column for
an hour is almost sure to leave the
place with a touch of rheumatism in
that shoulder. The same thing takes
place when a person sits in a warm
Office with one side OF his body turned
toward a plate glass window In eX-
tremely cold weather. The conduct1on
Of bodily heat in this way is SO great
that If the palm of a warm hand Is
held close to the window pane the
sensation will be that Of wind blowing
through the glass. What Is stranger
still, some of the effects Of a draught
are occasionally experienced when
person who is quite cold all over has
one part of his body brought in con-
tact with current Of warm air. This
shows that the essential feature In |
1raught is the unequal heating Of diff |
ferent parts Of the body. When a cold |
let Of air plays on the body of a per-
son who is otherwise warm what hap
pens is that the blood is driven inward
Until congestion Is produced, and this
unless soon relieved, be-
ONES Inflammation. The alarm signal
If a draught Is a sneeze. which Is a
pasmodic effort Of nature to start I'D
he circulation and relieve the conges-
ion. A person may be far gone to-
ward contracting a cold before he
neezes, but the moment he gets this
he should change his position,
Ook around for the draught and move
ut of 1t or protect himself against it.
| draught Is something to be sneezed
t-and to be avoided. Draughts cause
1Ore deaths than war, whisky, foot
all, consumption and yellow fever
ut together. Almost everybody who
les from disease dates his sickness
rom taking cold. This Is especially
Tue Of elderly people. Yet it is a mat
er in regard to which there Is great
,norance and great inattention. This
the season when colds, influenza and
leumatiSms are quite fashionable
mong people who live indoors, and
ley may save doctors bills and
ngthen their lives by rejecting on
lese homely suggestions. Beware the
raught