TO TRACK DOWN COLDS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5361, 7 December 1928, Page 4

TO TRACK DOWN COLDS.

SEEKING SOURCE OF SYMPTOMS. RESEAT iCH IN AMERICA. In trackin g the “cqmmon cold” to wherever it originates John Hopkins University 'tU.S.A.) med’ical scientists will study •’ the sneeze, snuffles, and other “c,o/nj»bn cold’’ symptoms and condition a yrmqng the members of 125 Baltimor.-e families this winter. Seevr al prominent physicians 'have been a 1 ikeif to furnish lists of selected families who are being invited to assist ! ,n the work. Dr. James A. Doull. associate professor of epidemiology, has ■ been granted a leave of absence to conduct the research. /Members of the families who consent to assist the scientists are asked in a letter to assume the following, obligations :—■ Tq notify the Department of Epidemiology, the School of Hygiene and Public Health, of each c,old developing among members of the family group. To permit a Representative of the department to call at the .home to obtain exact information about the cold. To, report weekly, by mqans of a supplied post-c;ard, the non--oc>c.urrence of pojds in the household. Tq arrangje with the authorities to ha/ve a single nose and throat *examiniiati'on of each, member of the household; during health by a member. of the otolaryngological staff -joT the Johns Hqspkins Hospital, th«Se'examinations to be made by special appointment and at the expense df the John J. Abel Ftand. The entire research woi*k qn the cause of cold a is made possible by a gift of £.39,00 0 made by the Chernies'! Foundation of New York.