Evening star., 1934-06-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

time, and 10! 'he cold was gone. We
don't hear much about those rooms
any more. Injections have their ad-
herents, and the cold sufferer might
think here he had founo the perfect
fountain of preyent!on-until he talks
to some one who tried them without
success.
The latest wrinkle Is the daily con-
sumption of large capsules filled with
halibut oil, reinforced with viosterol.
This, too, seems to work we'll with
some persons, but IL has yet to prove
itself as a universal remedy. No doubt
there is no such thing.
1t will be we'll for those who suffer
from colds to keep in mind that the
Summer is the best time to take such
vitamin products, since ths..' are not
sudden in effect, but rather depe nd
for their virtues upon a slow building
up in the system of certain vital ele-
ments which will "do their stuff" next
Autumn and Winter.
~ y
The very heat of Summer, about
which most persons protest, is vital
factor in freeing the body from The
enc products of inner vital activities.
Just as heat is necessary for keep
Ing tropical fishes in good health in
the aquarium, SO one may believe II
plays it's part with human beings, too.
Heat upon the skin surface may be
uncomfortable, 1t is true, but there is
body of evidence to show that it
is good for one, just the same. Its
plain manifestation in the form of
perspiration is just one thing it does
for us, not all of the good things it
does for us.
The human body is delicately or
ganized machine, created to keep
what some expert has called stable
states" at all times. Working with
tissues and fabrics of inconceivable
delicacy, the intelligence of the body
(Which another expert has called the
dictatorship power'O attempts to
keep every tissue and fabric, every
cell of every such tissue and fabric.
attending strictly to its own business,
and nothing but its own business.
One of the most striking and easily
understood of these invisible processes
is that of temperature control. The
inner heat of the body is maintained
at an almost precise degree at all
times, no matter how cold or hot is
the air in which the human being
lives. AS every one knows. a degree
or two over the pre-ordained mark is
a fever" degree below it chill"
OF the two, a falling below is the
worst. hence we may come to see how
important heat is, although outward
heat can have but little effect in this
particular case. What it does is free
the heat mechanism from the strain
1t is under the remainder of the year.
Raising the temperature is natures
way of getting rid of certain waste
and inimical materials. Many germs,
for instance, cannot stand a rise OF
a few degrees.
1t seems reasonable to suppose that
| comparatively small rise in the
temperature of the air in which we
live is altogether healthful and bene-
ficial, on exactly the same theory, no
| matter how uncomfortable it makes us.
The person susceptible to colds will
be ready to believe. on his own per-
! sonal evidence. self-gathered. that
warm air, varying between 10 and 100
in the shade outdoors, is inimical to
various types of cold" germs. that it
tends to inhibit their growth and
| spread.
However this may be, he may feel
sure that increased water drinking,
increased perspiration and all the
fresh air" there is ought to. and
surely do, bring about more healthy
| daVS | e. Summer