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Colds
Q. What should one do for a
cold when first beginning?
A. Take a hot bath
at night; a sweating bath followed by a cold bath. Then go to bed and drink water. If it is very important to get over the cold as quickly as possible stay in bed and drink water; take no food whatever, but
drink, drink, drink-a glassful of water
every half hour and you will rinse the cold out. Keep the room warmed and well
ventilated.
Another way to cure
a cold is to take no bath at all or a short very cold bath, drink plenty of
water, go out of doors and stay there until the cold is cured. If one lives
out-of-doors entirely he will get rid of the cold in the cold air, because the
breathing of fresh cold air increases his body resistance. It goes without
saying that the patient must keep warm
during the out door treatment, either by vigorous exercise or by being
properly protected with wraps and blankets.