A HARMFUL HABIT.
DANGEROUS FIRESIDES
The habit, of sitting close to the fire, with the windows and doors tightly closed that so many people believe in for any member of the family who has the slightest cold, has serious consequences. Fireside air is generally laden with particles of dust, and is the usual sweeping place for all the rubbish, and microbes of the house. The draught necessary for the fire draws the impure air from the room into your lungs, and instead of improving the cold, is the cause of fresh chills. The heat from the fire warms you in front and the cold air drawn to the fire for combustion chills your back. What you require both in health and sickness is an abundance of pure fresh air all the time, and when your chest or throat shows the slightest sign of irritation o.r soreness you need Baxter's Lung Preserver, the well-known remedy for simple or stubborn coughs and colds. A dose or two at night may save a doctor's visit in the morning." Coughs and colds succumb to Baxter's Lung Preserver. It loosens the mucus and lessens the paroxysms. It induces repose. It pays to keep a bottle always in the house. It cures. <
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8778, 8 June 1907, Page 6
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206A HARMFUL HABIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8778, 8 June 1907, Page 6
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