The Coolidge examiner., 1935-03-29

heater and hu-
mldlaer for the air we breathe. And
II something breaks down the prop
cr fubctioning of this heating and
humldlfyiu2 property. then. presto.
we have q cold. This Is how II
works
Beneath the moist membrane lin
lug OF The nose are highly special.
ired thread.like masses % blood
channels. The volume of blood fow.
lng through these is constantly
changing according TO the needs %
the nose.
Now when healthy person leaves
the warmth % the house on a cold
winter day. this vascular network
of eaplllaries In the nose instania.
peously contracts 10 prevent too
much warm blood getting too close
70 the skin surface. II ron no.
tice. the membrane 81 the nose looks
pale ~ this moment.
Blu; the body needs TO have the
cold air warmed before !; reaches
the lungs. and obviously this can't
happen II the decrease in the amount
OF blood near the surface continues.
So there is an almos, immediate
reaction. and within a few seconds
the volume of blood flowing through
the capillary network increases. the
temperature goes up FOR a few sec.
onds. and then quickly becomes
normal again.
This warns the incoming cold
air. and while the warming l. going
on. the glands of the nose. or the
humldlfylng machinery. also get
into instant action They secrete
waiery mucous % moisien the air
properly before ~ reaches the lungs.
But the point II that In the
healthy person the nose does work
0ut the adjustment There IL NJ
frst the momeutary drop In tenn
perature indicated by the blanch.
lnE of the nose. then IN about half
a minute the upturn 10 higher than
normal. and then quick return
20 normal The adjusting of the
secreiory glands takes longer
This drop In temperature and re-
turn 20 normal Is not guess work. In
the medical laboratory OF the Uni.
yersiiy Of Illinois where much re-
search has been done on colds. we
have used three methods 20 deter
mine these facts. aud we have
checked the methods against each
other. First. We had n special mi
croscope that showed the capIllaries
changing in size; second. We made
examinations OF the blood lowing
through the capillary beds of the
nose in animals: and. third. we had
a special type of thermometer that
recorded both the temperature ~
the lining of the nose and the skin
Of the face at the same time This
last was the most useful method.
Now when person has a history
OF several colds each winter. we
found that while the temperature
of the lining cells OF his nose de-
creased on coming In contact with
cold air. I, did not rise again imme
dlately as I, does In the healthy
person. The nose stayed blanched
nHd consequently the blood in the
nose could not warm the air he
breathed 10 the degree that IL
should be warmed before Il passed
on 10 his lungs
So far we do no; know OF any
medicine or vaccine that viii help
these chronic cold sufferers. The
only way they can be helped is for
them to train their nose machinery
together with their whole outer skin
machinery so that its reaction viii
be the same as in healthy person.
And the way to do this is by a hard
sning process OF hot and cold baths.
The patient should take good
long hot bath first thing In the
morning, and this should be fol
lowed by a cold shower. or a plunge
IN a tub OF cool water. The patient.
however. should lead up to the cold
shower gradually. He should begin
By dipping his hands and face In
cold water. When he reacts favor
ably to this. he should dip his feet
In cold water and then sprinkle cold
water over his chest and back. In
a month he viii think the world
isn't right. OF a morning. unless he
has this hot and cold therapy.
Then after breakfast he should
walk ten TO twenty minutes in the
open air. He should do this again
at noon and at night. He should
be out at least an hour a day no
matter what the weather.
The whole purpose Is 10 train the
skin so tbst IL can take it" We
all know tAat II we want to make
any set Of muscles In our body es-
pecially useful. we have to exer-
else them And If we wnnt our skin 4
to react In a healthy way to wealth
ar changes. we must give 1t exercise
reacting
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