Cold-catching, cold-preventing, cold-curing / John Henry Clarke.

  • Clarke, John H. (John Henry), 1852-1931.
Date:
1888
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    have treated of a cold as the parent of half the woes that Adam bequeathed to his suffering- progeny. And this is very well; but I maintain that a Cold in the Head is in itself a sufficient evil without reference to its numerous off- spring and relations; and my humble efforts in this treatise have been ex- pended in trying to make good my con- tention. In this book I treat of the COMMON COLD. When a cold has had i the bad taste to develop into a bron- chitis, or any other itis, it must go elsewhere and seek some other learned leech to celebrate its fame. My subject is discussed under three main heads—Cold-Catching, Cold-Pre- venting, and Cold-Curing. The preven- tion and cure of colds are partly medicinal and partly general. It is possible to cure colds or prevent them by general measures, and these will be