The Cold Water Cure

A Cold in the Head Cure

Sir,?All Rhinologists are aware that Menthol has a great effect in curbing inflammation of the Mucosa of the respiratory tract; but some of your readers may not know that the following method of treating a common cold gives exceedingly satisfactory results :? As soon as that irritation in the nose or pharynx, which heralds the onset of the cold is experienced, the patient should inhale the fume...

Vitamin C: cure for the common cold?

The idea that an increased intake of vitamin C may be helpful in fighting the common cold has been around since at least the 1930s, but it was not until 1970 that the publication of Linus Pauling's best seller, Vita min C and the Common Cold, turned the issue into a public controversy. 1 As a result of the interest generated by this controversy, a number of scientifically sound experimental stu...

Cold-water coral calcification

Calcification of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa under ambient and reduced pH C. Maier, J. Hegeman, M. G. Weinbauer, and J.-P. Gattuso Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Dept. of Biological Oceanography, BP 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands CNRS-INSU, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, BP28, 06234 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex, France; Université Pierre et Mar...

Zinc lozenges: cold cure or candy? Solution chemistry determinations.

Common colds were shortened by 7 days in a 1984 clinical trial using zinc gluconate throat lozenges each 2 h. Between then and 2004, 10 other double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials showed widely varying results. This re-analysis of these trials presents solution chemistry methods to elucidate differences in efficacy. Statistically significant correlation was shown between total daily ...

The Water Cure in the Bedroom; or, Hydropathy at Home