HOW WE TAKE COLD.
It is one of the facts best known to science that when the outer surface of the body has been exposed long to cold, the greatest risk is run in trying suddenly to reinduce warmth. To become thoroughly chilled and then to pass into a very warm atmosphere, such as is found near a fire, results in a dangerous reaction which, a few hours later, may cause pneumonia or bronchitis, or both diseases. The capillaries of the lungs become engorged, and the circulation becomes static, so that there must be a reaction of heat inflammation before recovery can occur. Common colds,’ says a contemporary, “ are taken in the same way ; the exposed mueuous surfaces of the nose and throat are subjected to a chill, then they are subjected to heat; then there follows congestion, reaction of heat, pouring out of fluid matter, and the other local phenomena of catarrh.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 415, 30 September 1876, Page 2
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153HOW WE TAKE COLD. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 415, 30 September 1876, Page 2
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