The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17
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 Colds: This subject is one that seems to be always open to discus sion. It's popular. It's common subject between friends and acqua1n- tances and the condition itself is so common as to cause little surprise or apprehension and yet it is a. serious thing. To the physician who seeks after the cause in every ailuenH cold usually means that back of it is poor elimination. constipation, tnac- tivity of the sexual glands as well~as Of the kidneys.
 Dr. scheppegreu of New Orleans has written a most excellent article on the treatment of colds. 1t was published in the Pan-American Surg ica1 and Medical Journal and I am glad to note the sensible instructions he gives
 .eThe subject Of infection is a most important one. Persons suffering from a cold should be taught that the infection may be~drried to oth- CTS and due precez(eson taken to avoid l this. 1t may seem radical, but it is my conviction that school children suffering from colds should not be all lowed to remain in the class room where they may infect other children. but should be kept as far as practice l able in the open air until they have recovered | | may be general or local. In the for mer, few remedies are of real bene- 1 fit Large doses of quinine, so often l advocated, are not only useless but may be harmful on accountn of it's
 effect on the. organ of hearing. Mild l laxatives in the early stage are of I benefit. The patient should remain 1 as much as possible in the fresh air
 and every effort maintained to inn
 prove his general health. If possible
 he should remain from his business
 until the acute symptoms have slIb- sided, always remembering that a
 neglected cold may be followed by serious complications.
 Locally, a. warm saline nasal wash will fbe of benefit in removing annoy
 ing secretions, the patient being care ful not to blow the nose afterward for fear of obstructing the Eustachiar tubes
 A large number Of popular pre-.
 scriptions for the local treatment os
 colds contain cocaine. While cocaine gives temporary relief, it is followed by a relaxation of the erectile tissue.
 of the nose, which gradually tends t rt develop a chronic intumescences ore disposing the patient to further at
 tacks of coryza. and tending to pro } duce stuffiness characteristic of thi [ condition. A prescription of the kint
 moreover, is exceedingly dangerou An Ene nand or @ae patient, as the GO caine habit is thus easily formed ant many cases of cocaine habits ow
 their downfall to such a prescrip t ton.
 l The important factor in the Ioca
 treatment is the correction of pre- , disposing causes as enumerated abov as they tend to retard recovery an, } make the patient liable to recurrence ] As in other pathologic conditions g serum therapy has been used i. ? colds, but much less at this tim than formerly. Durfre
 the hospitals of New York, Baltimor and Washington, last stal11I1l. 2 made special inquiry on this subjec 2 and found among those that me F that the majority had abandone
 serum therapy in the various form of coryzas as the results had bee
 too uncertain or unsatisfactoFy Among those that still used it, :. found that after the bacterio1ogic ez
 animation had been made to asceI . tain the bacteria involved the stoc : vaccines were used. as the results Ina been as satisfactory as with tn = autogenous yaccines. This subjeS . will probably prove useful field fc
 future investigation.