Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1871 — How to Prevent Colds. [ARTICLE]

How to Prevent Colds.

1. Eat plain, unstimulating food, and avoid rich pies and puddings, rich gravies, fat meats, etc. Especially guard against over-eating. If the bowels are constipated and the other excretory organs overworked and weakened by the effort to throw off the excess of food, the person is far more liable to colds and to other diseases as Well. 2. Avoid hot, stimulating, and alcoholic drinks of every kind. The tendency of alMs to weaken. 3. Always have your sleeping-room well ventilated. More colds are caused by sleeping in hot, close rooms than in any other manner. 4. Take daily outdoor exercise according to your strength. It is better, as a rule, to get out in a storm even, if you are suitably protected, than to remain in all day. 5. Always breathe through the nostrils and not through the mouth, especially when going from a warm atmosphere to a cold one. 6. Dress loosely, so as not to interfere with respiration or the circulation of the blood, and dress so as to keep the extremities, particularly the feet, warm and dry. 7. Rub the entire surface of the body daily with a sponge, towel, or with the hands wet in cool or cold water, wipe dry, and rub briskly with a dry coarse towel until the skin is all in a glow. It can all be done in three minutes. It should be done in a warm room, unless it can be done in a cool room without the least bit of chilliness being produced. The person should feel warmer after the bath than before, otherwise he may know that he has not taken it properly. —Herald of Health. *