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THE CURE OF CATARRH AND THE PREVENTION OF COLDS
By DR.H.BLOOM, Medical Practitioner, Teddington.
Most of us have catarrh, and most of us suffer from colds of
varying duration and severity. Nany of our colds extend and go
down to the chest. When this happens the illness is serious, not
only for us but also for our families because colds and chest illnesses
quickly spread round the family.
Catarrh is now disregarded and has become part of our way of
life. The word 'catarrh' has come to describe not only the symptoms,
such as the morning cough and phlegm, but also the nasty lumps of
discharge which we either expectorate or politely swallow.
The cold is accepted as part of the national heritage like the
weather. It is the most prevalent of all family illnesses and everybody
knows that 'catarrh' is the sequel to frequent colds. Yet, in
spite of the universal prevalence of colds and catarrh no method
of prevention or cure has hitherto been found.
Now let us look round our homes and find out what happens to
us as individuals and families. Catarrh is a family illness and is
infectious to others: it begins as snuffles soon after birth, and
once established progresses in severity, but with intermissions,
as the years go by.
Prom the moment of birth we are attacked by countless millions
of germs, in battalions
of so many
varieties that
science is finding
new ones every month.
These germs come to
us, impregnating the
air we breathe,from
coughs, sneezes,
wheezes, phlegm,hawking
and 'clearing the
throat' - in fact from
all the symptoms of
catarrh which perpetually
surround us. We
breathe these germs
into our sinuses and
lungs, the linings of
which continually try
to smother them.As a
result of this warfare,
catarrhal exudates
are produced
in large quantities
in us, and we have
catarrh, which is
the result of the
continuous fight
put up by our breathing
tract in combating
the damage
inflicted by the germs.
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