Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1914 — STEAM HEAT CAUSES COLDS [ARTICLE]

STEAM HEAT CAUSES COLDS

Druggist Has Noted Effects at the Beginning of Winter—Busy Season for Medicines. "Here, doctor,” said a man as he hurried into a drug store, “give me something for a cold quick. Give me the best remedy you have in stock and I promise you that in future steam radiators and I will keep far apart The radiator was the cause of my present trouble.” . The druggist gave him the remedy and the man hurried off. "That’s strange,” remarked the druggist to another customer who was waiting for a prescription. "Would you believe it if I told you he was the fourth person who came in here today buying medicine for a bold, in the head? The 1 peculiar part of the matter is that all of them complained that steam heat was the cause of their colds. "On reflection, however, that shouldn’t strike me as strange, for we have the same thing happen every year. Our busy season for cold medicines begins at the time when the steam heat is turned on. "Persons susceptible to colds —a

great many are—-are affected by the heat and before they realize it they are sneezing and coughing. The steam heated atmosphere is too much for them. They sit in rooms altogether too warm, although sometimes persons are unaware of this condition because the radiators do the heating slowly, and when they come out in he open the sudden change causes them to take cold.”