Doctor Talk m ^
, By JOHN B. RE11BEBT, U. D.
The common cold is the moat
frequent Infection in man and tbr
i most commonly d urn?art and
''fintfd" malady txptritnctd by
the human race. The niibar ef
Individuals infected with colds
varies very little, Whether he lives
in the far north, in Mm temperate
. regions, or even in the tropics and
the same is true vrti ether yen live
in a crowded city and daily in
close contact with many, many
people or live on an isolated farm
in the remotest part of the mid
west.
The common cold is prevalent
among ill age groups, but percent
age wise the higheat incident is
found among the pre-aehooi child
? this is especially true if' this
pre school child happens to have
an older brother or sister attend
ing school and bringing the Infec
tions home. As we grew alder the
incidence of colds per year de
creases until the average adult has
approximately two to three colds
per year.
Just what we man by the eem
mon cold is hard tt> define ? not
being an illness caused by a bac
terial invasion of the body and
therefore not amendable to vari
ous laboratory studies, we must
rely upon the symptoms caused by
the disease to define Its meaning.
The common cold is without ques
tion caused by a virus or a number
of viruses and after invadiag. the
body cause changes after a twenty
four to forty-eight hour incuba
tion period. The symptoms first
noted are usually headaches, sore
throat and malaise., and Uss fre
quently chilliness and sneezing.
After *hese initial, changes the lag
fection then cause* profuse nasal
drainage, nasal obstruction, and
cough. The entire period of time
extending over a period of five1 to
seven days ? symptoms extending
much beyond this period of time
are usually not due to the viral
infection, but rather to a secon
dary involement by one or more
bacteria present. The common
practice of many patients rushing
to their family doctor for an in
jection of Penicillin or some other
antibiotic is toolisii ? such drug*
having no beneficial effect on vir
uses; in short, it is a waste of time
and antibiotic and must be strong
ly condemned.
Why we have colds has been
the topic of conversation for gen
erations ? but now It has been
definitely proved that this disease
is an infectious process of the
Doay. All ine uim you iuv? neara
in the past, such a? night dir.' ,
drafts, fatigue, nervous tension,
improper diet, . overwork, and ,
many others, causing raids have |
been scientifically studied and 1
none have stood the test ? all have
been proven to hare n? influence
on colds or the subjects' suscepti
bility to colds.
In an earlier cohuna the general
topic of allergy was discussed, with
most individuals connecting allergy
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, wit* conditions ml the reepiratory
tract u4 the *ia. It is true tint
the majority of symptoms of al
lergic diaaase 4a invaHe the bom,
threat, or lun?i ini the ikiD, but
theoretically, any tiasae or organs
of the body may be the site of
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Allergic reactions involving prac
tically every organ aad system of
the body -have beea recorded In
medical writings ? such as the
ocalar system and the gastraiotes
tinal tract and even the joints of
the feet; but the renal and cardio
vascular systems ha fa rarely been
affected.
Thfc prevalent complaint of bead
ache certainly has an allergic re
action as the causative (actor in
many caaes. The allergic head
ache is referred to as a nondescript
headache often due to an allergic
reaction to a food and not neces
sarily associated with reepiratory
allergy.
The^pllergice headache is often
described by the patient to be a
throbbing pain or ache originating
over the eyes, then gradually
spreading aad becoming general
ized over the head. Characteristics
of the allergice headache is the fact
that the pain pattern varies so
from patient ta patient ? in short,
thf typical feature of the allergic
headache is that it is aot typical.
. Ocular allergy is quite common
with the typical symptoms of itch
ing and burning of the eyes or
swelling and redness of the eye
lids. This allergiee involvement of
th? eye any extend beyond the lid*
?ad conjunctiva, in some cases in
volving the cornea and even the
deeper structures of the eye. In
case of such allergic reactions your
doctor must be consulted immedi-'
ately with proper* treatment in
stituted to prevent possible ir
reparable damage to the eye.
Allergic reactions involving the
stomach can be quite alarming at
times, with distress so great as to
raise the question of the possibility
of a peptic ulcer or some other
acute gastric crisis.
As the reader can see, allergy
can play an important part in the
general health of all ? and in this
day of many chemical sprays and
other synthetic materials the pos
sibility of increased allergic re
actions is more prevalent than ever
before.
Total farm output went uf> 19
per cent from 195* to 1869, with
no increase in resources used.
Echo Satellite
Gets Wrinkles
America** Echo I Satellite still
reflecting communication* data
despite wriftkles on it! aluminum
coated surface which cause heavy
signal la now visible during morn
teg hours only.
Although the 100-foot diameter
man-made sphere makes six passes
daily over a point on the earth,
project Echo engineers at Bell
Laboratories. Holmdel, say it is
visible only three times now dur
ing early morning hours. The
earth shadow prohibits visibility
(hiring evening hours.
The balloon's wrinkles, which
are causing a reduction in the in
tensity of the received sigual, re
sult from three factors ? (1) Loss
of gas pressure inside the sphere
(2) Echo's path in and out of the
earth's shadow where temperature
variation is extreme and (3) ef
fect* of air drag.
Ml Laboratories engineers have
bee* recording the level of signali
coming from the huge satellite
antl comparing these with techni
cal theory. This helps to deter
mine the present condition of
Eeho I.
Engineers say that Echo, zoom
ing across the sky at 16,000 miles
per hoar, has a life expectancy of
about one' year. A satellite's life
span is determined by solor radia
tion pressure and air drag.
Echo, launched under the *pon
sorship of the national aeronautics
space administration, tours Hie
earth every 118 minutes. Present
ly, it* closest distance to the earth
i* 720 miles, while its farthest is
1,250 miles'.
Experiments are now being run
only once a week at Holmdel. Pri
marily, they involve receiving car
rier signals transmitted from the
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
at Stump Neck, Maryland.
Question: How much hay does
the average Tar Heel dairy cow
eat pfer day?
Answer: From 2H to ?H pounds
per 100 pounds of body weight.
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It'* tt*?e again to pull out all the
Christinas decorations and stsrt
rackinf your brain for just the
thine "to send Aunt Mary."
1 can't help you pick just the
thing (or Aunt Mary, but I can
pass on to you some of the clever
ideas (or decorating your 'borne.
It seems the modern school has
produced its own Christmas decor
ations. The old stand by colors,
red and green, have been desert
ed. In their place you will find al
most every color combination that
is different ? shocking pink and
soft green, Williamsburg blue and
gold. One display room in a large
department store featured a liv
ing room decorated in white, gold
and apple green. It was quite at
tractive.
Spraying a Christmas tree gold,
ailver or white is old business now.
( hanging ike kind of tree eaa pro
duce startling results. Ill place ef
the convcntiaMl pine, spruce or
cedar, ?r> i limb o f a weeping wil
low (tripped of ita leaves and
painted or gilded. In the proper
letting, it can be effective.
Finlt and nuta are beiaf uaed
in Ohrwtmaa wreathe. They are
incorporated In the usual way with
strong wire.
Poaple with large picture win
dows can achieve all kinda of in
tarestlng effects with scotch tape
and a head full of ideas.
Christmas belongs to all of us
but moat of all to children. There
are many children that Santa nay
not remember and if you know of
any Santa might overlook, do your
part of seeing that none ' is for
gotten entirely.
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Farmers Opportunity Sale
OF
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Both Polled And Horned
AT
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Friday, Dec. 16 ?1:30 P. M.
SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE BOONE LIVESTOCK MARKET
(Heated Sale Ring)
- SALE CONSISTS OF -
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Including -r; p. t
YEARLING BULLS, BULL CALVES, COWS, YEARLING HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES 3f|
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Bloodlines. A
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Life All Through the Year!
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