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Show KEEPING BODY IN CONDITION. H "Hardening" Process a Good Prevent. Ive of Colds. M Modern research seems to havo cs tabllshed tho fact that, aftor all, tha H "old-fashlonod" Ideas with regard to M colds' aro not far wrong. It Is, of courso, truo, says tho Literary Digest, H that a "cold" Is a malady duo to H gorms; but there seems to bo no doubt M that tho chilling of tho body lossons M Its reslstanco und so ronders It an - "i euy pruy, H In tho Arctic region, whero tho In- H fluenzu germ cannot ltvo, and whore M colds aro said to bo unknown, It may M bo aafo to sit In a draught or to get 'H one's feet wet; but in tho tomperato H zono these indulgences will contlnuo to M be risky for tho averago man. . ' H Rovlowlng experiments and observa'- H , tlons mado in this noldjJMjJdlchllfcx,.. B Record says: . r x"" iH "Appoint of practical importance ia "H tho fact that It was found that repeat H od exposuro to slight dogrees of cold H brought about an Increaso of antl- H bodies, and this observation thoreforo H affords a theorotlcal Justification of H tho practically approved mothods of H 'hardening' tho body by hydrothera- H poutlc and other mothods of training. H Such procedures should not only servo H to protect ngalnst cold and allied con- H dltlons, but also should rondor tho H body better ablo to copo with bac- H tcria of all kinds." H |