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Show Common Colds May Cause Infections in Sinuses and Parts of Respiratory Tract patient lying on his side with his head bent downward exactly side-wise, side-wise, using the shoulder as a fulcrum. ful-crum. After from three to five minutes the head is rotated to face down to permit the nasal contents to. escape from the nostrils. The head-low posture permits all important structures struc-tures within the nose to come in contact with the medication and obviates ob-viates any injury. The common cold can cause infection in-fection in the sinuses, other parts of the respiratory tract and ears Sidney Sid-ney N Parkinson. M.D., Oakland. Calif., says in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Nasal congestion during a cold interferes with circulation about the openings of the sinuses. This increases in-creases swelling and congest.on within the sinuses and permits accumulation ac-cumulation of mucopus which the hair-like projections in the respiratory respira-tory Sac? are unable to remove This complication is unfavorable to " "Thedpuernpoese of local treatment during acute infection is ventilation ta order to improve drainage." the "uthorsays. Shrinkage of the nasa mucous membranes with drugs Tens the air passages. Free drainage drain-age then takes place if in the Process Proc-ess of ventilation the hairlike drain-age drain-age mechanism has not been damaged dam-aged This is why the selection of a physiologic drug is so important Lhedrine in Locke's solution or its enuiva ent constitutes an efficient hamless agent for shnnkage. "X drug best reached the membranes mem-branes of the air passages with the |