Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1919 — BEST TREATMENT FOR "COLD" [ARTICLE]

BEST TREATMENT FOR "COLD"

Inhalation of Bteam Declared to Be a I Remedy Superior to Administration of Drugs. “What medicine may I give my baby when he has a cold?” This is a ques- * flon which la asked repeatedly. My answer is, “None" Not that the least sign of a cold should be lightly regarded, but because there are other, and better remedies than medicine Most drugs given for colds upset the stomach, more or less, so much so that a few doses will seriously harm that organ; and what an infant’s or small child’s stomach and digestion are disturbed not enough nourishment Is retained to keep up the child’s strength and combat the Infection —for- almost every so-called “cold” is caused by an infectious germ. The meat sane and effectual method of treating children’s colds is by tbe inhaling of steam, plain or medicated, and by the application of mustard or some other equally good counter-irri-tant The steam lubricates and soothes the Irritated and Inflamed passages which lead down into the lungs,-as well as the ate cells of the lungs themselves. The mustard paste affords relief by drawing the blood from the congested air cells In the lungs to the surface of the skin. Either one of these methods la more sure and acts more quickly in giving relief than any treatment with drugs. Marianna Wheeler in People’s Home Journal.