7ht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1265 
Talks With a Trained Nurse 
Dear Mother of the Family : The 
long Summer days have slipped into the 
past with those of other years. The Au¬ 
tumn now is here, and with the shorten¬ 
ing days come the chilly nights and cold 
rains. The children go to school and Fall 
house-cleaning occupies our attention. 
The furnace or stoves are put in order 
and soon the screens will be taken out 
and the windows closed. 
Closing the windows is what I want es¬ 
pecially to talk about—that and starting 
the fires. Do you believe that sore 
throats and colds are inevitable with the 
change of season? Don’t you think we 
ought to be able to endure the vagaries 
of the climate into which we, and per¬ 
haps our forebears, were born? Then 
Why the prevalence of colds in the Fall? 
Yes, the lovely goldenrod so often accused 
is sometimes guilty— 1 but cold air! Over¬ 
heated air produces an inflammatory con¬ 
dition of the mucous membranes quite as 
much as cold air, and the odds are in 
favor of the cold air because that is less 
likely to be contaminated. 
It is on the closed window then that we 
jdace the burden of blame for the first 
colds of the season, and the accomplice 
of the closed window is the early fire. Not 
the cheery pine knot fragrantly burning 
on the open hearth or in the old Frank¬ 
lin, but the furnace fire which is so hard 
to regulate on the first cool days. Don’t 
start the furnace any sooner than you 
have to, and keep the windows open. I 
have often heard people exclaim at this 
suggestion: “What, and heat all out 
doors with coal at so many dollars a 
ton!” Well, of course, there is some¬ 
thing in that, but you are not heating all 
out doors when you keep a circulation 
of pure air in your rooms. And as for 
expense—how much does an attack of 
influenza cost? 
You know of course that colds are high¬ 
ly infectious. If one member of the fami¬ 
ly has a cold it is likely to make the 
rounds. And colds, particularly in chil¬ 
dren, are not to be taken lightly. Fre¬ 
quent colds in infancy mean catarrh, 
sinus trouble, tuberculosis, and other 
pathological conditions in after years. 
Good health depends upon getting a good 
start and the baby that has one cold on 
top of another is not getting a good start. 
So don’t close the windows—rather put 
on an extra sweater. Good health is the 
baby’s birthright. Dress the family ac¬ 
cording to the thermometer—high-neck 
dresses, warmer underwear, and woolen 
stockings. But don’t think that if you 
wear flannels today because it is cold 
you must wear them tomorrow when the 
thermometer erratically soars. In this 
uncertain climate how can we put on and 
take off garments by the calendar? The 
thermometer should be our guide. 
But if some one has been so unfortu¬ 
nate as to catch cold, what shall we do 
for him? How protect the others? At 
the sound of the first sneeze, isolate him. 
If the advice given in a previous letter 
has been heeded, the room is ready. The 
importance of isolation must not he tri¬ 
fled with. The family health for the Win¬ 
ter may depend upon it. Circumstances 
may not permit absolute isolation. 
Mother herself may be the sneezing one, 
and naturally must continue her duties, 
but she can take precautions to avoid 
spreading the infection. She can keep 
the children outdoors, and be very par¬ 
ticular about her hands and handker¬ 
chiefs. I know one family that habitual¬ 
ly spends its Winters in a round of colds 
and grippe. They are much given to kiss¬ 
ing, and there are always used handker¬ 
chiefs lying about on tables and chairs. 
A kiss is not an expression of affection 
when it carries with it the germ of a cold 
or sore throat. 
The prevention of a cold is much easier 
than its cure. Only when attacked in its 
first stages can a cold be aborted and too 
frequently it is not then recognized or 
bothered with. When the first symptoms 
appear give a cathartic. A hot bath fol¬ 
lowed by copious drinks of hot lemonade, 
hot tea or plain water will induce free 
perspiration. Put the patient to bed. 
Menthol preparations are soothing to the 
inflamed mucous membranes, a little but¬ 
ter or “Vaseline” rubbed between the eyes 
will relieve congestion. “Vaseline” placed 
on the back of the tongue and allowed to 
melt gives almost immediate relief from 
sore throat. Camphorated oil and the 
mustard plaster are good old standbys 
for soreness in the chest. Cough mix¬ 
tures may help sometimes but usually 
upset the stomach. Salt water loosens 
mucous and clears out the nasal pass¬ 
ages but snuffing it up the nose may 
spread the infection to the sinuses. It 
can safely be used as a gargle—one level 
teaspoon to a large glass of hot water. 
These are all simple harmless remedies 
but efficacious if intelligently applied. It 
is best not to take drugs of any sort 
without medical advice. Try to keep the 
temperature of the room even and not 
too warm. Keep the windows open. Pure 
air contains a healing property unsur¬ 
passed by any invention of science. 
Rest reduces inflammation no matter 
where it is located. 
ELSIE MC I. SAFFORD, R. N. 
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