The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-16
WHEN YOU CATCH COLD"
American Medical Association Tells How To Treat Com
mon Winter Ailment.

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of ~bicarbOnate of soda. opium VI
morphine should not be given.
One Of the best treatment is one OF
the coal-tar products, such as anu
pyrine, a~centanilid or a~cetphenetl-
dinum, although these drugs should
be used sparingly. Aspirin Is now
more largely used than any other
drug to stop colds. 1t can cause
heart depression and hould not be
used too freely. If the patient is not
sOon to be subjected to exposure; a
hot bath is another efficient means OF
relieving internal congestion.
The old-fashioned treatment OF a
hot foot bath, hot whiskey punch ana
the patient put to bed is often sue
cessful. In this age. however, when
other dilators Of the blood vessels are
accessible, it is rarely necessary to
resort to alcohol.
SPRAYING or snuffing into the 12345
Spraying or snuffing solutions into
the nOStrils at this stage IS lnadvlS
able. The throat may be gargied with
warm saline solution, which is rough
ly represented by one-fourth tea
spoonful of salt to half a glass OF
warm water.
If the second stage develops, that
of prOfuSe mucous and some mucO-
purulent discharge, then cleansing
the nose and throat becomes urgent
ly needed. At his stage all of the
foregoing measures should cease. A
patient who has been more or less de-
prived of food, except a small amoun
Of liquid nourishment for from "a to
SO hours, may resume his normal diet.
The discharge from the nostrils
should not be allowed to remain
blocking up the passages. Conse-
QUently, atomiZing with warm saline
and alkaline solutions should be more
| Nr lace frnn,1nnf1y- dana Tho g ~ nloCf
cleansing solution is one mad from
one half teaspoonfu1 OF salt and one
hal teaspOonful Of Sodium bicarbon-
ate to a glass Of warm water. or half
these amounts for half q glass of
water.
The same solution may be used as
a gargle.
1t is not we'll to cleanse the mu-
cOuS membrane Of the noStrils too
thoroughly before the patient goes
into the outside air, especially if that
air is duSt-laden. The proper time
to spray is when the patient is to re-
main in the house for a short time.
If the coryZa tends to become sub
acute and prolonged, tonic treatment
is required; a small dose of quinine
and a small dose of iron, with or with
out arsenic and s%trychpia are advis-
able.
There is no immunity acquired by
surviving a Oryza (cold in the head
a p~haryngitis or a bronchitis. There
seems to be no doubt that the influ
enza bacillus caves a patient tenn.
~pOrarily, at least, more susceptible tt
other more dangerous germs, as thos'
Of pneumonia or tuberculosis.
Every cold, especially in a young
child, should be considered serious
The possibility and the frequent oc
currence Of complications such a
!. middle cal inflammation, inflamma
: ton in one Of the accessory sinuses O
; the nose, broncho pneumonia O
= lObar pneumonia, must always be
= subject for consideration n proven
4 ton if possible.
Cold and throat infections are ais
, likely to cause bronchial glands. An
one or more of these glands may be
y come infected with tuberculosis. Mos
! colds, if not all, are contagious, an
are transmitted by contact throug
l families or close associates, and ar
especially spread by contact i
O schools.
v With a damming up Of the pas
$ sages from congestion and secretio
n germs may migrate or be forced int
r some of the sinuses surrounding tn
+ noStrils, and. the frontal sinuses az
h those that most frequently suffe
This is the cause Of the frontal heaG
q "eiAo Aioih liz CoLSeSllOu WHICH OF
d ours with most colds, and of a
actual frOnal SinuSitiS when infectiO
actually enters these regions. If tf
# same inflammation occurs in the M
sopharynx the mouths of the Eusts
n chian tubes may become blocked, ar
d middle ear congestion from aspiratio
of the air is caused. Also, the germ
of infection may migrate up the.
,r tubes and middle a inflammatie
N develop.