Evening star., 1937-01-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

1ously, and especially the spacing. II
this procedure Is followed, II will be well
to keep carefully in mind that . tea
spoon is the measure, and it should be
only level.
This dosage, If carefully followed, will
leave one feeling tremendously empty
and even hungry, but the temptation to
eat shoud be resisted for an hour, and
even then only the very smallest amount
Of food taken. A glass of orange juice
and q glass Of milk, taken in alternate
sips, and mixed In the mouth, make an
effective meal while fighting q cold.
The second step is to get in bed and
stay there. To 60 out for the evening,
Just because one is hardy enough to do
1t, is q foolish risk, and one which sub
Jects others to the possibility of catching
your cold.
On retiring-and this should be early
take Just one aspirin tablet. Some people
think they cannot take these, so 2-grain
capsule of quinine may be taken instead.
Then wrap up in blankets and keep as
warm as possible. If this means shutting
the windows, by all means shut them.
The idea is to work up an old-faShioned
sweat, and to keep on sweating all night.
This must be followed In the morning, of
course, with q lukewarm bath, followed
by cool rundown. Even the most sensi-
tive person can take cold bath If he
adopts the old procedure, commonly
called in the country district n rag
BATH" Even icy cold water, applied on q
wash cloth, can be endured by almost
any one. especially If the cloth Is wrung
out each time.
If one believes In the use Of q laxative,
and there is every reason to think 1t a
good step-this Is the time to take 1t. A
saline one is perhaps most helpful in
this condition.
The next step is to stay home.
1t is better to stay home two days, or
even three, and cure the cold, than to
60 downtown with q fever, give" the
malady to countless persons, who mostly
are ones friends and good acquaint-
ances, and then be forced in the end to
stay in bed for q week or more with
severe complications.
Nothing is more shoytsighted than the
average Americans desire, encountered
everywhere, to stay on his feet when
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be broken-and 1t is entirely mental
habit-millions of dollars could be saved
every year and thousands upon thou
sands of hours of needless suffering.
If one has enough sense to remain at
home, and preferably in bed, in order
to allow Nature TO use all her resources
full time, the next thing to do is to keep
warm.
1t is not for nothing that cold is so
named. Sustained warmth is Natures
best remedy, and only the victim can
insure this In any given case.
A minor phase is to clear the nose, II
possible, by inhaling, by spraying, or
other feasible methods. This makes the
patient feel better and more at ease i'm
mediately.
Too much dosing and spraying are to
be avoided. Above all, eat lightly. Orange
Juice is still the one best bet, for most
persons, with little milk, If acceptable.
To eat large meals, while suffering with
a cold. is simply to feed it. The old idea,
that one should feed a cold" is all
wrong. 1t is based on a misreading of
the old saw, which really runs: IF you
feed a cold, you will end up by being
forced to starve fever" The real pro-
cedure Is to more or less starve both.