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Philoro/hy md Hobbies tom of cold, cough, dryness of the throat appears, by simply cutting out the starches and sweets, the incubation of the germ will be arrested. Never will I forget the astonishment I felt on hearing my father-in-law, Dr. H. J. Richards, say thirty-five years ago, that colds came from over-eating and candy. He was thirty-years ahead of his time; five years ago that began to be published in the Physicd Health Mqmine. When I meet people who talk of taking a cold through being in the draft, or getting rained on, or stepping on the wet lawn, I pity them, - they are still plodding along many years behind times. At inter- vals, it is smoke and dust that get the blame, but never those loaded dishes of potatoes, sweet deserts, and white bread three times a day washed down with sweetened drinks. It is only recently that I heard a man over forty-five years old say, as a reason or cause for a bad cold, that he had passed by a lawn sprayer and the wind had carried some of the spray on him. Think of it. I could name similar recounting for colds, enough to fill a volume. I can truly say I have never heard five reasonable reasons for taking cold since my father-in-law's re- mark thirty-five years ago, - outside of his own family, either from an M. D., or other person. Yet there is much written on the subject and many dietitians practicing now. I will tell you another experience I had with a roupe case. A choice little white leghorn hen came down with it, one that I had recently purchased with a half dozen from a man that was moving. I saw that they had been neglected, but I thought with proper care I could bring them along. The desease had gotten a firm hold and I began the fast treatment. I put her in a small coop where she could keep dry and warm, gave her plenty of fresh water, and by the eighth day she was perfectly blind with it and the discharge from her eyes and nostrils was very bad. I resolved to use the hatchet, but my wife advised me not to, as long as there was life. The day following I saw an improve- ment and was greeted with the slightest note of poultry song from her. I said, "little lady, you are going to get well." And each day her head cleared rapidly and by the fourteenth day I 13 |
