Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-11 | Page 8 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service Gargle and Cold Baths NO Not Sure l to l l Prevent J Colds Editors Editor's note nole This is the fourth ollive ol oj live five articles on prevention and treat- treat ment of the common cold The I information in- in ii formation in these articles Is particularly particularly valuable due to the prevalence of or colds at this time of the year ear By DR MORRIS EIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Med td ical Association and o of lIr ela the Health Magazine Numerous people believe that a cold bath in the morning mornin or a warm luke-warm bath with cold water sprayed on the neck and chest h helps to prevent colds but investigations of or Professor E. E O. O Jordan on this point indicate that such benefits as ns may accrue are arc not meas meas- The old recommendation for moderation moderation mod mod- in all nIl things applies particularly particularly to eating and drinking by bv those who are arc likely to develop colds Since colds arc are transmitted from one person t to another avoidance of oC contact with those in acute stages is desirable The use of paper handkerchiefs handkerchiefs handkerchiefs hand hand- kerchiefs or gauze which can be burned as used helps to prevent th the spread of ot infection Of OC course th the mouth and nose should be bc c covered vered when sneezing Some doubt exists as to the actual actual actual ac ac- ac- ac value of or antiseptic sprays am and gargles argles Probably the they such germs as 35 they reach The difficulty lies in m inthe inthe the fact that the antiseptic or gargle arcle cannot be kept in the mouth constantly constant constant- ly and that new doses of ot germs erms are arc i constantly being received from contact contact con con- conS conS- tact with human beings in offices office elevators motion picture houses anc and similar places where many people congregate The exact value of ultraviolet in relationship to colds has not been es es- es There arc are a few experiments experiments ments indicating some virtue in the ultraviolet rays and there are other studies indicating complete lack of value Scientific bodies such as the Council on Physical Therapy of the American Medical association do donot donot donot not permit advertisers of ot ultraviolet apparatus who cooperate with them to make the claim that the ultraviolet Is of special virtue in the prevention of ot the common cold Ultraviolet can apparently do no more in the human body than cause the he production of ot vitamin D through its ts action on There is no evidence that vitamin D is in any wa way specifically related to the resistance to the common cold It is concerned with the metabolism or use In the body of oC calcium and of phosphorus The impression arose early that had specific effects on colds because vitamin D in cod liver oil is associated with vitamin A and vitamin A is known to have such a relationship relationship re- re to resistance