The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
ALI THAT SNIFF,LES IS NOT CRI

I sincerely believe that in at least half of all the best circumstantia evidence of taking cod' from exposure to draft, wet feet, change of weather any such everyday environmental in cident. the victim of the alleged 'cold' is really subject to hyperesthetc rhinitis to atopic cor yza Neither term will mean anything to tho casual reader but give me time and I'll get you thinking.
 Hyperesthetic is funny medical term, sup pose. It means oversenstive. I am a little afraid we don't know yet just why certain individuals are over sensitive to conditions which tend to set the nose running and bring on sneezing and snufing up to the nasal passages; for one thing there seems to be some inherent fault in the cal cium metabolism of such individuals-but there again perpetuate a meaningless medlcal tern We'll let's say they just can't utilize the calcium or lime in their food well they should. It is astonishing how many individuals in the com munty are subject to this peculiar hyperesthetic | rhinits.
 Atopc coryza is the next thing to explain First perhaps had better explain coryza Old Dr Webster's definition of coryza will do for the moment--acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavities; nasal catarrh; cold in the head Of course the old Doc composed that long before we invented the cri. Atopic, according to the same authority, means out of place. but that isn't quite enough for our pur- pose: doctors never call floating kidney or sagging stomach or a tipped-anything like that "atopic" In modern medical parlance atopc means hay fever that isn't-a condition with the characteristic symptoms of hay fever but cer- tany not hay fever because it occurs out of sea son or perhaps the year around When patient drops in and casually tells the doctor he has hay fever, in the middle of cold northern winter. there is something out of place about 1t. and IT the doctor is at all up to date ne VIII endeaVor to diagnose what really as the misguided one.
 Among the real causes of atopic coryZa are hypersenstivity to some particar brand or Kind of sachet face powder, insect powder or perhaps some special dust to which the victim is exposed seasonally or only when in certain place, where of the young benedict who acquired a perennial hay fever along with a wife: but he didn't divorce her; the doctor discovered the young man was hypersensitive to the orrs root in the toilet powder used by the lady; she changed her branS and the man cno gut aa snng G rather suddenly, and clears up suddenly when it goes whether in hours or days-i beg you to with. hold your testimony about the harm done by until you've been tested for allergic sensitviy. | (Never mind the word allergic now, it means something like atopic).
 Until recently only few physicians were equipped to diagnose perennial hay fever, or atopic coryza. To-day any good up-to-date doc- tor can apply the skin tests and determine your pet poison. When you know precisely what it is that causes your trouble it is usually feazible to procure relief.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Keep Your Feet Dry
 Kindly reprint your formula for perspirins feet. (E. WI
 Answer--Tor ordinary cases think the most satisfactory control is q periodic (say monthly) treatment of all the shoes with fornaldehyde. Pour into each shoe an ounce or two of the solu- ton given below, swish it around to wet the en. tire insole and bit of the lining, then drain it out into the next shoe, and set the shoe tn = treated to dry for at least "A hours preferably in the sun, before you it again. The strength of the solution for the purpose is as fol- lows:
 | Standard formadehyde solution. 2 ounces Water .......... .One-halr pint | This same solution may be used in more trou. blesome to soak the feet of all stockings. letting them dry out for day before you wear them
 | In still more troublesome cases, especially where there is marked odor, the same strength of solution may be used application to the skin of the soles and between the toes, once d week only and always let it dry well in the air before putting on shoes stockings. Keep the | solution off your fngers-use a brush or sWab or sponge on a stick to paint it on the soes. | Rubber Garments and the Eyes | One frequently hears reference made to the | injurious effect upon the eyes Occasioncd by the | wearing of rubbcrs indoors otherwise when unnecessary. CT. F.. W)
 | Answer-That superstition belongs with the one about taking cold" from indictment wealth er Some of our self termed "scientific' doctors still cherish these superstitions so we need not be astonished If untutored laymen do. Slim Jim and Sklnnic Winnie
 persons than in others? Is 1t serious and what |, the remedy? tk. s. Al
 l Answer-Probably underweight persons suffer | fat folks do The best preventive and cure for falling of the stomach any other appurtenanct | Is, keep sleek and fat. Cne of the train of trou bies coming to the girl or woman who reduces unwisely is sagging of one or another interna organ. Moral: Cut out the fool dieting, bNfore you lose your health.