Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23
the Present View of
Medical Science of
Where, When, How
and Why You "Catch
Cold" and How to- p revent 1t
By DR.. William Brady

By DR.. William Brady
s7-1E Everybody having and grip
Winter. cold by sitting
THE DOCTOR-les. but not the kind Of draft have
in mind. Grandma her old family
ailments wholly and unreservedly the weather
In grandmas day people just took cod'absobed
the cold directly through their something
Of the kndand never worried their heads about germs
ct ALL
THE PATIENT-Wen what kind OF drat, does give you
THE DoCToR-The kind drafts
stoves and furnaces psoys catch solds srppe dph
theatres. churches railway too
THE rATIENT-we
THE DoCTOR-No exactly that Everybody nowadays admits
health and educated people know ina, bad air
eury predsposes TO disease OF the respiratory organs
TIE PATIDNT--Wha, is bad air.
THE DocToR-Bad air is air unfit breathe-bad
TOO warm for one thing and because contains too much
% M by uIg Tor moth OF s when
closely atmosphere the amount Of
what diminished OF
acid Fas carbon donide, oorresDondingy increased
hd as "a M " CRACKS ooa @aaes
and to roam a o
THE PArENTwhat the particular symptoms produced
room on ohel place. sy PAD air or INADEQUATE ventilation OF
THE DocToR-Tbe symptoms very definite and exceed
ingly frequent best families.
nsnaly-the symptoms are labelled that tired feeling,
and ." s 10
bad air is prolongea habitua there a weakening OF
real falling Off in endurance health
able TO warmth and moisture, and all this
is speculation. is it?
THE DoCTOR-No 1t very saluary talk Keep 1t
time and air crank generally very posi-
live resistance against the various respiratory infections
Auenza, pneumonia and tubercuosis ~ "
PATENT-But warm. still oversaturaed air is bad
for The health how do you explain the fact that
tropics suffer them n temperate
THE DocroR-lt a fact For instance there more
pneumonia thousand population the Southern
than IN h PToned ana problem
lanorers the Rand in south Africa Gorgas
Situations that crowdng cause. and that
s DC % n the like
Of such ailments among natives and among the members
Of 1s 10 sP ra
the unhygenic conditions general.
TIE pATIENToh we'll our convictions are i'll founded
somehow understand why grippe
so so eh F aTe the 5 s0dsr months than in
THE DoCTOR-Of You you it
S sna 50 cold ars Mee e a is sed
outdoor air.
THE pATlENT-well temperature bad
THE DoCToR-The purest air
heated above 70 degrees F. The s ideal of the
churches railway street subway
IS eo % ate G air besn as TO m I and M
occupant of the apartment begins to suffer.
air regulated?
THE DocToRIf the temperature kept seventy you
disresard the question Of moisture altogether her 1t is
moisture become noticeable in the effect health
natural drying effect OF steam hot water hot air
heating only injurious the higher temperatures
people endure-to their lasting injury.
THE PATIENTtIow about drafts harmful il it
strikes directly the body, % course?
THE DOCTOR--No all. striking
directly should all SURROGATE. Upon drafts
iaion entirely depends You can't venlate
admit fresh air, without creating
draft. is all matter of custom, his habit of lodging
OF training and education The
know hygiene the less and the
von fear know hygiene There is
iuon rule that ma n
exposure cold weather, feet and the like,
instinct If 1t is physicallymnd. that does
mean mentallyuncomfortablc it is nnhygenic.
THE PATlENT-Wcll here-I know when
taking cod-Im fool. really. where
draft blows head strikes in the neck and
certain to take cold get chill nose becomes
stuffed get