Chapter 31—Colds
Causes of Colds
892. Many labor under the mistaken idea that if they have taken
cold, they must carefully exclude the outside air, and increase the
temperature of their room until it is excessively hot. The system may
be deranged, the pores closed by waste matter, and the internal organs
suffering more or less inflammation, because the blood has been chilled
back from the surface and thrown upon them.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:530
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893. The effects produced by living in close, ill-ventilated rooms
are these: ... The body becomes relaxed; the skin becomes sallow;
digestion is retarded, and the system is peculiarly sensitive to the
influence of cold. A slight exposure produces serious diseases. Great
care should be exercised not to sit in a draught or in a cold room when
weary, or when in a perspiration.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:702
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894. If the child has taken cold, it is generally due to the wrong
management of the mother. If its head is covered as well as its body
while sleeping, in a short time it will be in a perspiration, caused by
labored breathing, because of the lack of pure, vital air. When it is
taken from beneath the covering, it is almost sure to take cold. The
arms’ being naked exposes the infant to constant cold, and congestion
of the lungs or brain. These exposures prepare the way for the infant
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to become sickly and dwarfed.—
How to Live, 71
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895. When we overtax our strength, and become exhausted, we
are liable to take cold, and at such times there is danger of disease’s
assuming a dangerous form.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:13
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Clothing
896. When the extremities, which are remote from the vital organs,
are not properly clad, the blood is driven to the head, causing headache
or nosebleed; or there is a sense of fulness about the chest, producing
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