The Coolidge examiner., 1935-03-01

N'ttt'+ 'tA'i ttiAli nv tNiuHA WIN
has not had nj least a few colds on
the debit side of his ledger Colds
ARE the most general disease we ex
perIence
Now when you have a cold just
starting. the most sensible thing is
to stop il Immediately, and the
sooner you start the more successful
you will be.
II you say To- yourself. Il won't
bother now, hut I'll do something
tonight You may be In for a three
day Siege. which Is the normal run
OF cold that gets good head
way. "r yon may be in for a longer
siege that may end In bronchitis.
Slnnsitis, pleurisy or pneumonia.
Medical science has been moder.
ately successful In proving out ways
for building Mp the bodys resist
uuce against colds. but thus far In
the way NJ stopping cold that has
started, modern science has not been
able to make any Improvement upon
grandmother's remedies. Grand
mother knew that her remedies did
the trick. All that modern science
has been able In do has been TO tell
why the remedies were successful.
Now. what did grandmother doi
She told you 10 get into your night
clothes while she filed a pan OF hot
water, Then she set the pan on
the floor with chair beside II.
and you sat on the chair with your
feet In the water and n blanket
around you until you were wet with
perspiration Then she tucked you
into bed with several layers 81
warmed blankets over you. But be-
fore she tucked you close around
the head. she gave yon glass OF
hot lemonade or ~ sweetened vine
gar water. II your throat was sore.
she put warm flannel turpentlne
pack around your neck. Then she
left You to sweat II out. and by
morning, while you were still weak.
the cold WAS gone. and 10y noon. II
you bundled up warm. you were able
20 20 into the winter air. with iittle
danger of the cold coming hack.
Grandmother figured that these
heroic measures were lots better
and lots less bother I'm the end
than having you hang around the
house FOR days coughing your head
off and perhaps getting worse. and
besides the rest Of the family
wouldn't be In such danger OF catch
Ing cold from you.
Well. science says grandmother
did the wisest thing possible. When
you have a beginning cold, your skin
Is clammy and cold. and the blood
IL collected In the internal organs.
The sweating forces the contracted
skin vessels 10 dilate. the sweat
glands secrete. and the blood be
comes concentrated by the loss OF
water from the sweat glands Thb
causes water 10 be driven from thu
body cells into the blood stream.
and there is complete redistribution
OF fresh blood. Heating the skin
Of the feet is much better than ap-
plying heat on any other single body
area since our feet are important
thermal regulators Of the body. The
blanket prevents heat loss.
The hot lemon juice or the hot
vinegar water helps to get the d.
gestiye system In order. which was
put out OF order by first chilling
and then the heating of the body
skin. with the consequence that the
normal action OF the stomach was
upset and no acid could be secreted
into IT, The lemon juices give ar
tiiicial acidity 20 the stomach and
the heat OF The "ade" causes a To-
cal increase IN the blood supply to
the stomach. Thus the digestive
system becomes normal and active
again without being loaded with
food. and there is no danger of ar
accumulation Of body acids.
Likewise the flannel cloth mois-
tened with warm turpenune and
wrapped around the neck is sound
In its scientific principle. It is a
form Of counter irritation, which
has been good therapy for cen
turles.
A day and a night Of grandmoth-
er's kind of treatment VII almost
invariably stop beginning cold.
It is estimated that the average
person engaged in gainful industrial
employment loses about two and
one-half days per year from his
work because of colds.
This causes a loss Of millions of
dollars in wages alone, and In ad
ditiOn there Is the loss in energy and
efficiency for many days following
an attack, the loss from illness due
to colds, and there is the cost OF
medical and nursing services.
Colds are In their most infectious
stage at their beginning.