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Show FIGHTING THE COMMON COIUMON COLD COLDOne COLDOne generaacceptance generalacceptance One of the amazing outlooks of present day life hfe is the general genera l 1 ! acceptance of the common cold as an inevitable ailment a'llment allment ' . That it IS ISa isa isa a source of great inconvenience inconvemence , much danger and economic loss isnot is isnot isnot afflict affhct offlict not disputed . However , , the idea that once here it must always af- af af of " - flict fhct us remains btrongly trongly strongly intrenched 'Intrenched entrenched ' . . The results of intensive reseaich resealch research into the methods of pre- pre ; - ' - ventmg venting pre'venting preventing preventmg other diseases indicate ( ithat that colds , too , can become lare rare , If i f proper measures measurec : ; are evolved . Colds , in addition to being tioublesome tloublesome troublesome and Inconvement inconvenien t ' render mconvemen'render mconvemenrender inconvenienrender the sufferer liable hable to grave diseases on account of lessened lessene d Veroften Veryoften Veraoften lessenecvitality lessenevitality vItalIty and consequent , lessoned resistance to disease germs . . Ver Very Vera ? , often a sufferer fiom flom from a "bad bad " cold " becomes " othemoie othermOle othemore a sufferer from othe other r ] mOle more serious maladies like hke influenza mfluenza and pneumonia . ofcolds Ofcourse Of course every citizen can do much to prevent pi event the spread spi Spl ead of o f : I colds whichspread which spread by contact and fS wasrare warare association . Years ago it wa was S ; rare when a sufferer from cold ' ' ' 'thought thought about the other fellow ' V fellovbut fellowbut but , nowadays , , it is frequent for one toremain to remain aloof , , and fellowI some- some - - I sometimes tImes , in m bed , during durmg the c.ourse course . courseM of a colcL cold . _ _ |