THE LESSON IN A SNEEZE.
As a rule, a sneeze is the warning nature givos that some part of the body is exposed to a cooler temperature than the other parts, and that the sneezer is " catching cold." Next to the warning, what is tlie use of the sneeze ? It throws open the pores of the whole body, and induces a gentle perspiration ; in a word, it throws off tlie cold. A child rarely meezes more than once— -perspiration is
roadily induced in a youth; an old man on the contrary, sneezes half, a dozen to a dozen times, with a loud.- explosive " cat** choque." It is harder to set him perspiring. When one is setting byanopen window, and finds himself sneezing, _a-» ture tells him he is taking ,"cold. ' H 0 should got up instantly, \valk4bout and take a full tumbler „ of cqftP water* to keep up the gentle perspiratipti'tpfaVth^ sneeze set in motion. If he dotes /this/ ho will not be telling, an hour; Ufterfthat he has a '•.coldin his head," or?c¥e^or lanes — Dr E. Wentwortb. 32* '" g
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 41, 13 July 1877, Page 2
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180THE LESSON IN A SNEEZE. Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 41, 13 July 1877, Page 2
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