COLDS CAUGHT THROUGH THE HANDS.
Many people marvel why they suffer so frequently from cold in the head. The matter has puzzled even the omniscient doctor, and his only explanation was that some persons are constitutionally inclined that way. Investigation shows, however, that it is all due to the hands. No matter how warmly you clothe the rest of the body, you readily catch cold if you leave the hands exposed. The reason is very simple after all. Of course everyone knows that the blood and blood-vessels contribute a sort of hot-water warming apparatus for the body. As the hands are more exposed than other parts, they receive a more liberal supply of the heating fluid. l!ut this blood in immediately chilled and returned to the lungs in an icy state. Here it sets up inflammation, with the natural consequence of congestion, which is commonly called cold. If you take care to wear gloves on any day that is rather chilly it is astonishing what a lot of colds you will ward oil".
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2279, 22 September 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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173COLDS CAUGHT THROUGH THE HANDS. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2279, 22 September 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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