The Coolidge examiner., 1935-04-26

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means for ac-
complishlug this end.
For instance. we have been carry.
ing on n study % the skin for quite
numhcr ~ years.
We find that clean healthy skin
disinieets itself rapidly. Dirty skin
does not do this and hence dirty
hands arc dangerous hands.
Germs can rest OF top of the dirt
on soiled. unclean skin. jus; as cas-
lly as they can on dirty cloth or
sticky doorkuobs. telephone mouth
pieces and receivers We also End
that washing the hands with good
soap and warm water removes most
81 the germs along wlta the dirt
and then the clean skin can kill
most ~ the remaining germs within
the space ~ ten minutes. and al
y them within thirty minutes
II the skin IL broken or other
slse injured. however ll viii not
disiufect Itself NJ the broken or IN.
iured place Hence a broken skin
snrface will carry alive any germs
pot on q.
we have also made q study Of the
lips. mud we have found that where
the mulsipued membrane ~ the
mouth and the skin meet. bacteria
DO NOT die 50 quickly as they DO on
other parts of the skin. hnt win
live from two 10 three hours This
discovery Il 81 special significance
in the spread % lung and threat
germs when n person with tuber
culnsis coughs. the germs live on the
lips for az least two hours after
ward This means thar when a "a.
bcrrulous person pnts hls anzers or
cup 10 the llps any time during a
two or three hour period after n
coughing spell the fingers or the
rup will get a dose ~ germs
In our study of common colds we
have found that persons susceptible
20 colds-those who catch colds eas
lly are different from the persons
Nho seldom have head colds The
difference can be stated briefly ns
follows By using q special az,
pnratus. sc have been able 10 meas
ure the temperature % the nose.
throat. forehead cheek and arm all
M the same time Now. when n
normally head coid.reslstani person
dips his foot into cold water. or
puts cold towel on his back or
his chest the skin temperature on
the face and arm lowers lmme-
diately. and the temperature ~ the
lining membrane % the nose lowers
likewise TO the same degree. But
within ten seconds the nose tenn.
peraiure starts rising and II keeps
on rising until IL II higher than
normal temperature. or Is az fever
heat as we say. The skin temper.
ature Is much more sluggish but
gradually II starts 10 rise. too. And,
n Is not until IL Is hack 10 nor.
mai that the nose temperature comes
down 20 normal To repeat. the nor
NAL reaction OF person who does
not catch cold easily ls-skin and
nose Temperatures drop at the same
time for the first ten seconds. then
the nose temperature quickly rises
70 above normal temperature and
stays that way until skin temper
ature has come back 10 normal.
when both become equal again.
Now when the same experiment is
performed on a person very sus-
ceptIble 10 colds or on one who has
history OF four or FIVE colds a
year. we fnd that while the nose
temperature makes the same sud-
den drop as the skin temperature
does. II does not quickly rise TO
normal. as II does In the healthy
person. On the contrary. II stays
down as long as the skin tempera-
ture. or even longer and sometimes
goes lower than the skin tempera-
ture. and II may stay that way for
half an hour or longer.
Or. Irwin SpIelnian and other
workers on our staff have found
that the only way 10 make people
with frequent head colds less sus-
ceptible TO colds. Is first by training
their skin temperature regulatory
system to react as Il does In cold
reslstent people This Is done by
taking hot baths in the morning. and
by walking In the open air at least
one hour a day.
Then the diet should be watched
to see that il contains plenty Of fresh
fruits and green vegetables and lean
meat Sweec and pastry should be
avoided, and corn bread used in pref
erence 10 wheat bread.
Doctor Spielman has learned also
that cold-susceptible persons are In
clined TO worry. He asks them:
Did worrying about thing ever
help?" It's question that makes
one think.
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