The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-13
Home Health Club
by DR.. David II. Rccdcr. la Porte, Indiana.
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result OF congestion that may not be
particularly noticed at the time. The
cold atmosphere contracts the mil
lions Of tiny blood vessels at the sur
face of the body and by this contrac-
tion the blood is forced from the
capillaries. Driven from without the
blood crowds the other vessels ami
dlstends them, causing u dangerous
excess in one or more of the vital
organs. These are generally the or
gans Of the throat and chest: the
lungs, pleura. tonsils etc. ana for
this reason, tonsilius bronchitis,
pleurisy and pneumonia are so often
superinduced by sudden cold.
When one Is in a recumbent position,
and lying still, the circulation is de-
cldcdly lowered and one cannot It.
such times safely endure the same de.
gree of cold as when standing or I'm
exercise. Indeed when one Is I'm mo-
tion, making strong muscular eXer-
tion the blood current Is worked into
a proportionate current and it Is
hardly possible for one to catch"
cold even under extraordinary eN-
posure
However having Caught your
cold, the next thing to do is to try
at once. to relieve yourself OF II. This
is not to be done by entering a hot
room, all at once. ana doing things
that change your temperature too
suddenly. Such q proceeding As liza
BILE TO aggravate the situation Oc-
cupy u room where the temperature
Is about 20, avoid a draught there.
even warm one. But have the air
pure and not dry. IL the air is dry
place vessel with little water on
the stove or FIRE. that the atmosphere
may be somewhat moistened. Our
fcgcfathers ana mothers knew of this
when they kept the old time urn,
with water i'm u. where It woud cause
the effect mentioned.
The chilliness and shivering that SO
often accompany the first stages of
a cold are due to the disturbance of
circulation caused by the driving )f|
the blood from the surface as mem
toned before, and the exposure of the
millions OF tiny nerves at the surface
which are depressed by the driving
away OF the blood circulation. The
chills and shlvers are of nervoul
nature. 10 relieve this condition Isl
to break the cold" This will oc-
casion the exercise of some patience
and no little bother" But that, al
Is hotter to endure, than to have "a
fight with an attack of pleurisN
bronchitis, or pneumonia.
The best thing 10 do is to take some
energetic exercise. Then, after hav-
phere OF the room, place the feet in
hot water Use u tub, or other ves-
sci deep enough TO allow the limbs
to be bathed in the hot water above
the knees. From time to time have
the hot water renewed, or kept to
such degree Of heat as can be
borne Keep the feet in this bath for
twenty to thirty minutes. or longer,
then withdraw them while the water
IL yet hot; dry the feet and legs,
thoroughly, and wrap them in a hot
wooden blanket and get into bed.
When the feet and limbs have been
clammy. as well as cold, before the
bath, It is well to add to the hot
water a reasonable quantity OF vim
egar or acetic acid. II Is highly bene-
iicial to rub the feet and legs after
they have been dried and before
wrapping them in the hot blanket
with hot olive oil.
While the footbath Is being taken,
n the chilliness perseveres, take hot
drinks, lemonade, ginger tea, or even
hot water, plain, Never take any
thing I'M the nature OF alcoholic
drinks Alcohol, in all Its forms Is
poisonous and Is false stlmulant.
II should be particularly avoided
when one is being doctored for a
cold