Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-25
there IS NO SUCH
THING AS 4 GOLD"
Physician Tells Of Simple Meth.
IDS Used In Preventing Com
mon Summer Ailment.
From the Denver Times.

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There is no such thing as Catching
cold. according to DR.. William Brady.
who writes in the New York Medical
journal. The medical term for what is
usually called a cold IN the head is
~"Coryza." and DR.. Brady uses this
term throughout his article. He tells
of simple precautions tina will prevent
the acquiring of his disorder, and tells
more strongly OF the dangers that Turk
IN its possession. In Masterlinck's
''fhc Bluebird," it will be remembered.
the only disease left in the Caves OF
Night is cold-in-the-head, and that,
SAYS poor Night, is 'only Il Very little
one.
Sunlight" begins DR.. Brady. the
best germicide known to medicine.
costs nothing. Cold, fresh air. the
best tonic in all the world, is free to
AN. Only housed-up mollNcoddles
need blood purifiers in the spring. No
one ever caught coryza or pneumonia
out in the OPEN. These are home af-
fections. No more domesticated germ
exists than the -pneunococcus.
'The medical profession aids and
abets The propagation and spread of
coryza in two ways, both negative:
first. by passively encouraging the
catching cold phobia. and secondly. by
failing to isolate simple coryza and
d~isinfect the nasal discharge. The
"AoSC ia SCdDIe 10 lHlS IaulJ
is beyonl computations: the irremedi-
able ~defenses, the unnecessary opera
tons on accessory sinuses, mastoids
and middle ear. the p~reventable deaths
from cerebral LESSONS directly due. to
Simple cOryZa, are appalling. All be-
aus a few superannuated sanitary
engineers and family doctors of au-
tllentic vintage insist thai there is such
Il thing as Catching cold.
Tine tact is. we are not Vet pre-
1l1I>T1 tn 0llrron6nr tho Inn l:AAr-
tool in the diagnosis kit. A cold OBJ
viates the need of a Observation-Disclosures
1T be In the head, in the pelvis. or in
a extremity. Draughts fur
nlsh the motive power for many a
f1eshy roadster whose chauffeur would
otherwise walk. Draughts never fail
IN a d~iagnostic pinch. And you may
rest secure in the knowledge that your
hear-diagnosfs will be duly c~orroborat-
60 by father, mother. grandma and
Grundy.
'Oraughts are az inevitable as the
rising sun or the falling rain or the
changing weather. No s%anitarian has
Vet offered q room without a draught.
A draught that causes no discomfort
PHYSICAL, not physical discolnfort-can
DO no harm. A clean draught of cold
fresh air is an unmitigated blessing
unmltigated by a n board or 9TH
IA ~ ouSl WIZ 90
the most good when We take it straight.
The draught dodger is pretty certain
70 ne a coryza carrier. The best dis
posal we can make of window boards
to be used for kindling.
Exposure to the weather-rain.
shlne. snow or bloW-increases the re-
sistance against infectious diseases. not
atone respiratory, but every infectious
disease we recognize. Our present ont
SlOOr treatment of nnolir,nrio il. ~.
possible proof of the valu of
Hold arr. Malaria improves in cold
weather and relapses on return OF
warm weather. or When the patient
journeys to a warm climate. All the
world plaques. not excepting typhoid,
are warm weather diseases. Pneu1no-
ma is a disease of civilized peoples
1lV1ng IN overheated houses. CAryza
never develops primarily out of doors.
Exposure to rain, hail. wind and snow
Is tonic SO long as it is comfortable
physically comfortable.
wet 1eet are of no consequence UNI
less they become uncomfortably cold,
ana cold feet are not a cause but a
the feet in cold water does good. not
harm. providing the reaction is OBJ
tanned: Cold bathing. likewise, wheth-
er in health or in illness. is wholly a
matter of reaction.
ANY child from ! year up who does
not Know enough to come in out of
the cold when the cold is uncomfort-
able. is mentally defective. The nat
ural instinct of self preservation di-
reefs us safely in this: no advice from
house-bred sanitarians is needed. So
long as a child is comfortable. though
he stands In a puddle all day. the eff
feet is tonic: so soon as the reaction
fails and the circulation loses it's eo,li-
libriuln. the child becomes too uncom-
Portable to enjoy himself and if he is
not an imbecile he goes in to get warm.
I know. for I have tested my own chill
tiren. l am giving not advice, but
facts.
DR.. Brady sums up with five sug-
gestions for a campaign against the
universal indoor plague" They are:
NFirst-Throttle the cold bogy at the
bedside without mercy. Second-Iso-
late all coryza patients until the dis
charge ceases. preferably in The open
air. Third-Disinfect handkerchiefs
and all nasal or p%haryngeal secretions.
F~ourth-Battle relentlessly against ca
TiOus teeth, su%ppurating gums and Gull
ture tub tonsils. Fifth-Preach the
gospel of cold. fresh air n sunlight"
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