GROW A BEARD.
AND AVOID COLDS. DOCTOR'S ADVICE TO TROOPS. EXPERIENCE IN AFRICA. (Special.—By Air Mail.) LOXDOX, March 9. Soldiers should prow beards as a protection against catching colds, declares Dr. E. A. Chartres, a distinguished London physician, in the "British Medical Journal." He has had a long career in many parts of the world—he has served in India, Nigeria and Gambia, as well as taking part in four or five wars—and his conclusion is that a beard is "a simple precaution which would lower the sick list, and cost nothing, on active service in the winter months." Dr. Chartres went to South Africa to fight in the Boer War. He had previously suffered a good deal from bronchial and throat trouble. He decided to grow a beard. "During my subsequent service of more than 12 months," he states, "I never had the slightest cold, nor the chapped, raw-beef lips so common in tlie very cold winds in June and July, and this same freedom I observed in other men who adopted this natural protection. The Guards Brigade did not shave, and they looked a very efficient and healthy crowd.' .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 81, 5 April 1940, Page 8
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190GROW A BEARD. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 81, 5 April 1940, Page 8
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