Show cold treatment for pneumonia the local application of cold is now common iu ill pneumonia mortality rang ing from so 30 per cent to nothing is recorded for vai ious methods of treatment whilo while the natural recovery without treatment has been found to be about 00 90 per cent dr mays maya of philadelphia reports cases treated by cold with per cent of deaths it cannot be believed that any aily treatment invariably cures find and he regards this as by far the most satisfactory the action of the cold consists in reducing the fever strengthening the pulse toning up the heart diminishing tho the pain in the chest and alleviating tho the difficulty in m breathing |