Sugar House Bulletin | 1948-01-09 | Page 11 | Stay Clear of Mistletoe Warns Noted Savant

23,000,000 Colds in December Stay Clear of MistSetoe Warns Noted Savant The cold glare of science put a chill on a warm old Christmas custom during a recent broadcast broad-cast of ABC's "Headline Edition." Edi-tion." Dr. Noah D. Fabricant, noted nose and throat specialist, told Taylor Grant, editor-narrator of the program that "mistletoe is a good friend of the common cold." Pointing out that 23,000,000 Americans came down wth the sniffles the last week in December, De-cember, and adding that he, personally, per-sonally, in no way wants to discourage dis-courage Cupid, Dr. Fabricant I stated that "one important factor fac-tor in tne increase in common colds during the Christmas season sea-son is the'epidemic of indiscriminate indiscrim-inate kissing."