The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
COUGHING ONLY
A HABIT, SAYS
NOTED DOCTOR
See How Well You Can Get
Along without Doing 1t,
He Advises.

BOSTON. May 2O.-Dr Woods
Hutchinson. the widcly-known popu-
I'lariaer of medical knowledge, wants
people to stop. coughing. whether
they have colds or not. He says that
the sanatoriums for tuberculosis
have been able tos"educate coughing
almost out OF existence, so that yisi-
tors frequently comment on,how sell
dom they hear one OF the. patients
cough. A large share OF the credit
OF this change, he says, Is due to the
gentle and persuasive training and
the good example OF other patients.
/ Coughing does the consumptiye no
good whatever, and does him much
harm by exhausting his strength,
breaking his sleep and increasing the
danger of liberation. II the habit
can be, stopped among the tubercu-
lar II liz UNNECESSARILY more Inc ycusa-
bic among those who can complain
of only an ordinary, cold.
II you have never tried it, the
next time you are tempted 10 cough
or clear your throat, see how well
You can get along without doing so,
I and after a little practice you VIII
and your control complete. Cough
ing Nor the most part q nervous
habit due to tickling ID the throat
brought on, by previous coughing
and also by sort OF unconscious I'm
,itation. y. IS
Did you ever notice In a theater
or other place OF entertainment that
nobody coughs in a highly dramatic
or otherwise especially Interesting
moment? Did you ever notice that
II one person coughs q lot OF others
do. and that the amount Of !cou Ching
In public place depends not on the
conditions OF throat and lungs. but
upon habit. tradition and usage.
The dispatches relate that Oily
Sunday expressed himself as decided
ly annoyed with his auditors at SYRIA
cuse one day because they coughed
so much. He was entirely justified
In this. This coughing was unnaces-
sary. 1t may have reflected Ian
guild attitude on their part which
they would not have experienced had
he made the occasion, one Of great
theatrical stlmulous. But beyond
ing him, except a bad habit.
A local physician tells a story OF
patient riding with him one day
who coughed and cleared his throat
necessarily. AS the young man mad
been learning to run a motor car, the
physician offered him a chance to
take the wheel. So intent, was the
beginniner on his new job that for
half an hour not one sign OF a
cough or throat clearing occurred
When at last light rumbling ap-
.peared the physician; remarked: you
must feel that you are now familiar
with the machine" and when the
young man asked the physician why
he answered by abiding to the re-
sumption Of something that only
bore evidence OF mind not fully em-
ployed. sf4 ai!.s
Much the same thing Is true Of
sneezing. IF It could become recog-
nized that to cough and to sneeze
were each alike an uriwarranted piece
of self-indulgence the door rs the
picking of his teeth, an equally disa-
greeable habit, we should not get
along without coughing or sneeging,
but we should take a long step to-
ward arresting the spread Of our
winter maladies. II you do not be-
ilieye that these things are optional
with you. Just try for while to see
how successful you can be In getting
along without doing them. You will
become your own advocate OF the
Woods Hutchinson theory.