Show WHY WE CATCH COLD A cold is isa a serious t thing it ia not due to exposure we rarely get entirely well of it and we do not catch it says dr juljan julian clarke in farm ard ud home colds are now known to be due dike to a germ when we get a cold it means that the cold microbes mic robes have gotten into our ose rose r and throat an and d have found a suitable place in which chic h to grow and multiply in the mucus which is given off by these tissues when our bosy is Is ill in prime phy physical ical condition this mucus covering covering of the iian nasal l membranes does no not afford tafford the germs a suitable food antl harbor for development in other words the normally resistant membranes of the nose and throat have the power to destroy these and other kinds of germs before they acquire a foothold foot hold within the deeper tissues E exposure exposure is not the cause of di catching cold many people get colds while indoors attending public meetings lind and anover in overheated houses while the multitudes often very poorly clad are out in all sorts of weather with impunity and yet do not take cold A stuffed up weeping nose has heretofore been a joke rather than a cause for alarm in the long ago a treatment for colds of the head was to hang one ones s hat on the bed post and to drink whiskey and water until you saw two hats in more recent times it was quinine and nauseous teas with close confinement in an over heated living room where the whole family was obliged tb id swelter during the evenings an open window or the least bit of fresh air was thought to be sure to drive the trouble down into the lungs with the danger of pneumonia and consumption we are arc learning that the bagi bes treatment for the ordinary oid inary cold of the head is to supply the system with nourishing easily digested food and an abundance of fresh air at the same time cleaning the nose and throat with mild washes and the gastrointestinal gastro intestinal tract with active purges in colds of the throat and chest this fresh air treatment is also advisable making sure that the body is well protected from the chilling winds and the feet kept warm and dry 0 |