The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-04
HOME HEALTH CLUB
By Or. David n. Reeder, la Porte, Ind.

Editors Note.-Lately the Board OF
Trade, of New York City. adopted
the RESOLUTION which follows: Health
and the protection Of life are more
precious to the people and more ne
cessary to their happiness than the
extension Of our commerce. the foster
ing OF our agricultural interests. the
solving OF our financial problems.
the efficiency OF our postal service,
the Improvement OF our rivers and
harbors or the enlargement Of our
navy"
The Home Health Club. establish
cd by DIR. David II. Reeder. IL years
ago. was organized for the purpose
Of conserving health by advice given
through the public prints. The move
ment has met with immense success.
The Citizen has made arrangements
for the Home Club lecturers to ap-
pear occasionally In its columns.
CAUSE AND TREATMENT OF
, COLDS,
In the majority of cases one does
not know how he caught that
dreadful cold" In many cases 1t
is due to carelessness. but often to
over-carefulncss.
An ordinary cold is a trifling mat
ter that nature easily overcomes, and
this is why so many persons neg
lect 1t and let II take care of IT.
self. But generally a sudden cold is
"a very serious matter and more
deaths have been caused thereby
than from almost any other known
cause. A strong and vigorous man
may take a cold that quickly devel-
ops into pneumonia that will kill
him in few days, and delicate
young persons may contract apparent
ly slight colds that in the end pro-
duce bronchitis, pleurisy or consump-
a cold atmosphere, when the person
Is very warm, or entering warm
atmosphere when one Is very cold,
may bring on the trouble. And the
colds acquired In these ways are
generally the most dangerous. Every
sensible person, however. knows Of
these dangers and knows. also, that
the sudden removing Of wraps, be-
cause one feels little discomfort
after becoming over heated, or the
failure to place about one a wrap
after violent exercise that has caus-
ed much perspiration is nearly sure
TO bring on a cold. A stablemaD, VINO
knows the least little thing about
his business, would not fail to blan-
ket a horse that had just come out
OF a race or other severe exercise,
and even an amateur athlete knows
better than to sit around without hay-
ing put on a sweater, or something
Of that sort, after athletic work.
In short, colds are like nearly all
diseases. they can be avoided, IL pro-
per care is observed. and the first
and very best rule is to avoid by
care, cleanliness and common-sense.
Colds are the result of congestion
that may not be particularly noticed
at the time. The cold atmosphere con
tracts the millions of tiny blood yes
sels at the surface of the body and
by this contraction the blood is fore
cd from the capillaries. Driven from
without the blood crowds the other
vessels and distends them, causing a
dangerous excess in one or more of
the vital organs. These are generally
the organs of the throat and chest I;
the lungs. pleura, tonsils, etc, and
for this reason tonsilitis, bronchitis,
pleurisy and pneumonia are so often
superinduced by sudden cold. When
one is in a recumbent position, ana
lying still, the circulation is decidedly
lowered and one cannot at such times
safely endure the same degree of
cold as when standing or in exercise.
Indeed when one is in motion, max
ing blIOHS muSCuldT tAtIllOH lue
blood current is worked into a pro-
portionate current and it is hardly
possible for one to catch" a cold
even under extraordinary exposure.
However. having caught" a cold
the next thing to do is TO try, at
once, to relieve it. This is not to
be done by entering hot room, all
at once, and doing things that change
your temperature too suddenly. Such
a proceeding is liable to aggravate
the situation. Occupy room where
the temperature is about TO-, avoid
a draught there, even warm one.
But have the air pure and not dry.
If the air is dry place vessel with
a little water on the stove or fire,
that the atmosphere may be some
what moistened. Our forefathers and
mothers knew OF this when they kept
the old time urn, with water in 1t,