CHAMBERS'S 



ENCYCLOPEDIA 



i DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE 

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commencement of the , 18 



a cold a term, however, pei, DS 

 definite in its meaning than 

 is usually restricted to the ca 

 the chest, and attended with 

 by coughing. A 'cold in the 

 strict scientific language, Cor^ 

 ever, keep both forms in view in t 6 8hall> ^T' 

 Catarrh, or cold, commonly begi r -?i ^ rtl ,9 le - 

 of chilliness, which may or may? ' a .; e ?, hn g 

 able to external causes. Sometime'}.:? :f LI 

 there being only a sense of languo^ ? 8 al ent, 

 tion ; not unfrequently there is no? d f dl8 P osl - 

 unusual kind, until a stuffing is exp* J ? f n 

 nostrils, or severe headache, or ho"* 

 cough, or oppression of the breathi ff 

 commonly attacks the nostrils first, ai,**" 

 the air-passages leading to the dies R,,^ 

 mucous membranes of the eyes and mou e l e 

 affected, as well as those of the nose, "* ofte " 

 lungs ; and the disease may begin in ai f :, an 

 situations, and either spread to them 2 

 one or more unaffected. When it L p 6 

 attacks the chest, without ninning tin | 

 ordinary course as indicated above, there " ff 

 some special cause of delicacy in the lu 

 some constitutional tendency towards Consul- 

 (q.v.). The affected mucous membrane is = 

 abnormally red and swollen, and its sei- 1 " 8 

 diminished. But it soon begins to pour M 

 discharge, at first watery, but afterwards i ft 

 and of a yellowish colour, or purulent. The 7. 

 stages of the disease are attended by conside^ 



irritation of the surfaces affected, and 

 ie of the little miseries of life is more 

 and discouraging for the time thai 



flip hoar! TU MMU1 a Datl tUlU 111 



aa 1 he tendency of catarrh to attack the 

 Pneu' d PaSS Bronch itis (q.v.) or 



dangS" 1 ^ diSeaSe '' constitu tes almosT i a teonl/ 

 The treatment of a cold is commonly a simple 

 Riit T ^ the particular attack is concerned. 

 many colds disappear in a little time with- 

 out any special treatment that few persons, unless 

 splv^ te he a i th are willing to 8ub - ect them 

 o the confinement which is necessary to 



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twn e ZL Ca / eS) to bed ^ r to the sofa for a day or 

 *9. light fannaceous diet, and, if the stomach 

 jwels are at all loaded, a dose or two of 

 gentle laxative, will generally cut short the 



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3L 6 \ ery half-hour; but in otfiers no effect 

 hot !tmter ma reli v ^ thing ? the . nose wi . th 



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^P^r 18 ffi* o* the Patient ; 'sometime^lce 

 nore relief. Some persons cure their colds 

 ore abstinence from food, and as much as 

 in K j otiicrs oy spirit 01 iinndorprii^ 

 paregoric ; some even profess to carry out the 

 popular maxim 'stuff a cold, and starve a fever ' 

 whlkv'n K 'f a g ^ dinner and a tumbler of 

 T t y n b ? nd -T, ^^ are the best specifics. 

 That colds get well under all these methoSs need 

 not be denied; but multiplied experience 1 

 shown that 'stuffing a cold ' at ite commencement 

 by no means to be commended. In the later 

 ^tages however, a more liberal diet than at fa? 

 d in some cases even a moderate allowance of 



