The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
NEWS OF INTEREST TO OUR FEMININE READERS
HOME HEALTH CLUB
By DIR. DAVID H. REEDER, La Porte Indiana

CAUSE AND TREATMENT OF COLDSzIn the majority of cases one does not know how he caught that dreadful cold In about the same -atfo' they have been obtained through downright, useless carelessness. In 2 lesser ratio the trouble has been achieved by over-c r-carefulness-what ex- President Roosevelt would term mol ,ycoddling."
 An ordinary cold Is a trifling mat Ser that nature easily overcomeS, and this is why so many persons neglect the little infection to let the cold tak ara.eof itself. But general y. a sud- Zen cold Is 2. very. serious matter and more deaths have been caused by them than from almost any other known cause. A strong and vigorous man may take a cold that quickly de- velops into pneumonia that will kill him in a few days, and de tcate young persons may contract apparently blight colds that Cn the end produce bronchitis, pleurisy or consumption Sometimes the mere entering of a cold Atmosphere, when the person is very when -ore is very cold, may bring on the--trouble. And the colds acquired tn- these ways are generally the most dangerous. Every sensible person. however, knows of these dangers and kpows, a so, that the sudden removing of wraps, because one feels little oIs- comfort after becoming over-heated, yr the failure to place about one some thing of a wrap after violent exercise ghrt has caused much precipitation, is nearly sure to bring on a cold. A Btablemsp ,ssWhoe knows the least lit Be thing about his business. would not gail -te Blanket a horse that had just eome out of a. race or other severe ex- Brcf SC, and even an amateur athlete knows better than to sit around with nut having put on a sweater. or some thing of that sort, after athletic work. And yet many a woman has come out pf the heated ballroom, where she has been dancing for hours, and by sheer craftsmanship the matter of removing heE-SFraps, has rushed into the em- brace of deadly pneumonia-
 In-short, colds are like nearly all diseases, in the matter of insurring them: they can be avoided, if proper care is observed, and as has been so often said, the first and very best rule, as to health, is to avoid disease by care, cleanliness and common-sense.
 From all the. causes of colds, ex- posture to draughts, dampness, bad Teather and the like, co ds are the re- sulf Of, congestion thet may not be cold atmosphere contracts the millions Of tiny blood vessels at the surface of the body and by tits contraction the blood is forced from the capil ar crowds the other vessels and dis-ends them, causing a dangerous excess in one or more of the vital organs These are generally the organs of the throat and chest; the lungs, p'eura, tons'ls, etc. and for this reason, tonsilttfs, bronchitis, p1eurisy and pneumonia are To. often superinduced by a sudden cold When one is in a recumheet pos: ion, and lying still the circulation is de- cidedly lowered and one cannot at such time safely endure the same de- gree of cold as when standing or in exercise. Indeed when one is in mo- ton, making strong muscular exertfon the blood current is worked into a pro- 0ortiorate current and t is hardly pos