| Show KEEPING WELL 1 C O 0 X oil vii ediel elf e i ro t UE AlTU 1 la cold and how bow do WHAT we catch cold doctor a swiss army surgeon baa has written an at interesting amount of observations observation 3 intile during lt ur nobU Hatlon of the army at the time of the world war by cold is generally understood an of the he mucous membrane lloil ng yie throat FA or r nose accompanied gread compan led with difficulty breathing p phrot th rot t copious discharge of mucus and general discomfort we usually attribute 0 cold cid to sitting li a d draft getting our 1 t wet or ur tome sowe similar call 3 e yet men in the trenches as wel we as arctic explorers living among icebergs and snow snowdrifts drifts do not catch cold althou although ih they certainly bave have att feet and are exposed to jo drafts lie e L w teal some persona persons are susceptible cep tible to colds while others are not but how bow can this ll if ilita be explained doctor oinks that there are ahr three ee factors in voled a predisposition due to lovered body resistance an opportunity for becom becoming log chilled and an infer tion which develops in the loody th Us eues Ua teTer the causes bo he cau can lions ions against neglecting a cold since it Is often the first stage of a monia which rouy way end the patients life when we catch I 1 a cold it would be more correct to say that the cold catches us as it Is generally because through overeating overworking in sufficient sleep or for some other cause our body resistance Is lowered so 50 that we e are more su than usual then we get I 1 our throat and nose the particular bugs buts which produce these code colds probably from some other person who has att a cold and who in sneezing coughing spitting or talk ing throws oft aft small droplets of moisture which contain the the infection may develop at once or r may lurk in the body several day days until conditions are ar more tao faor rabi ablo tor for its development at any rate through some combination of circumstances the three thres conditions are produced the lowered resistance the op city for chilling and the infection how can you make your body more resistant to colds by getting and keeping in as good physical conil tion as possible by bro breathing athIng pure air at all times by working and sleeping in fill 01 ventilated rooms by frequent bathing using especially cool show shoara rs or sponge baths by di inking plenty of pure water ater and by wearing sensible cl clothing colstr a ofey of jy V ith 1124 western r U ilic fiat fifteen een year yen r old boy of iowa lown get gets antle on the radio says a news dis ais pitch and well bet he did it a homo home ma ie a set bet |
