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Show FIGHTING THE COMMON COLD. One of the amazinc outlooks i.f present day life is the. general acceptance ac-ceptance of the common col.) as an inevitable ailment. That it is a source of great inconvenience, much dantrer and economic loss is not disputed. However, the idea that once here it must aways afflict ns remains strongly intrenched. The results of intensive research into the methods of preventing other diseases indicate that colds, too, can become rare, if proper measures are evolved. Colds, in addition to being troublesome trouble-some and inconvenient, render the sufferer liable to grave diseases on account of lessened vitality and consequent con-sequent lessened resistance to disease di-sease germs. Very often a sufferer j f rom a "bad cold" becomes a suffer-jer suffer-jer from other more serious maladies (like influenza and pneumonia, j Of course every citizen can do much to prevent the spread of colds, (which are scattered by contact and association. Years ago it was rare when a sufferer from cold thought 'about the other fellow, but nowadays it .is frequent for one to remain aloof and sometimes in bed during the course of a cold. ! |