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Show HAVE YOU GOT A COLD? CAUSE AND PREVENTION HOW TO PKEVKNT a ' TAKING COLD. - fTake cold sponge baths before breakfast. w Keep bodily functions active. Avoid sudden changes of tempera- (S) ture. (i) Shun draughts. (J) Sleep in well ventilated bed- S) (S) rooms. (S) Drets in suitable clothing. W heated room to the open air unless you throw on a wrap to prevent the sudden surface chilling, and consequent congestion. conges-tion. "Keep the skin clean and the pores open and keep all. bodily functions regular. reg-ular. A cold sponge bath every morning morn-ing before breakfast is one of the best preventives of cold. ' "You should sleep in a well ventilated room, but not In a draught. "If you are accustomed to wearing an overcoat or muffler, or both, do not wear them one day and leave them off the next. "Avoid 6udden changes from light to heavy clothing, and from heavy to light. "Medicinal treatment for colds In the beginning, and before they become severe, se-vere, is not equal in efflceincy to hygienic hy-gienic treatment for their cure. "Neither is medicine as good a preventive pre-ventive as is hygiene. "More persons suffer from colds In autumn and spring than in winter and summer, by reason of the fact that the changes in temperature are more extreme ex-treme and more marked In the course of the day than In the other seasons. "At this time of year the days are warm and balmy, while at morning and evening the air is crisp and cold. "Persons who do not pay attention to j the rules of hygiene and who fail to dress for the weather are the ones who suffer with colda," Conjestion Responsible for : the Sneezes and Discomfort Dis-comfort Suffered by So Many. "A-choo! A-choo! A-chew! Gosh, I've an awful cold," groaned the man EBe nose and eyes were red and moist whose voice sounded like a $97 o. "Wonder how I got it. Everyone Every-one seems to be In the same boat." And. the answer was a chorus of sneezes, sniffles, coughs and trumpet 'blasts. Colds seem to be epidemic in Salt Lake. The victim was nearly right, for everyone seems to have one. "What Is the cause of colds, how do people 'catch cold,' and how can they be prevented?'.' was the question put to Dr. J. U Giesy by The Telegram. Dr. Giesy. consented to advise Telegram Tele-gram readers concerning colds, their causes, and bow to prevent them. -. "Colds are caused by congestion. Anything Any-thing that will cause congestion in any part will cause a cold. "Congestion . is caused by sudden changes of temperature of the body, caused by changes of the temperature of the air, by wind or draughts. These changes, cause the surface blood vessels ves-sels to contract suddenly, throwing the blood back Into the body eo rapidly that congestion is the result. ' "Whichever part of the xdy is so af- fected suffers from what is termed cold.' . "Thus there is cold in the head, cold on the lungs, sore throat, tonsilitls, pleurisy and pneumonia,, all forms of congestion and, broadly speaking, colds. "Prevention is better than cure. To avoid a cold, shun sudden changes of , body temperature. Do not go from a |