Show KEEPING BODY IN CONDITION hardening process a good prevent ive of colds modern research seems to have es the fact that after all the old fashioned ideas with regard to colds are not far wrong it Is ol 01 course true says the literary digest that a cold is a malady due to germs but there seems to be no doubt that the chilling of the body lessens its resistance and so renders it an easy prey in the arctic region where the in germ cannot live and where colds are said to be unknown it may be safe to sit in a draught or to get one ofie s feet wet but in the temperate zone these indulgences will continue to be risky for the average man reviewing experiments and observe eions made in this field the medical record says A point of practical importance Is the fact that it was found that repeat ed exposure to slight degrees of cold brought about an increase of anti bodies and this observation therefore affords a theoretical justification of the practically approved methods of hardening the body by hydro thera and other methods of training such procedures should not only serve to protect against cold and allied con editions but also should render the body better able to cope with bac teria terla of all kinds |