The great lesson for the "catarrh" victim to learn, and he can only learn it in early life, before the ways and opinions become hard and fast, is that the old-time scheme of "keeping good and warm" has failed dismally, and the modern idea is keeping cool and well.
Open air life, unconcern about "exposure," the lightest clothing compatible with comfort in all seasons of the year, and an indoor temperature never allowed to rise above 68, preferably between 61 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the winter. That is the way to keep cool and well.
Stopping Perspiration?Will a solution of salicylic acid, a teaspoonful of theaping in a half pint of extract of witch hazel, stop or diminish excessive perspiration under the arms and about the feet and hands? Is there any injury to the health from using such things?
Answer?It is all right, but half as much salicylic acid is sufficient to tender skill. There is no harm in stopping perspiration locally, provided the application itself does not irritate the skin too much.
Infantile Paralysis?Is there danger of apparently healthy people carrying the germ of infantile paralysis from the sickroom to a healthy child in another street?
Answer?Perhaps. We do not know positively, because no one has yet seen the germs. Secretions from the nasal cavity of apparently healthy persons in contact with the patient have produced the paralysis when inoculated into monkeys. Better be safe and keep such persons away from your children. Report  The offenders to your health department? They have no right visiting; the patient. 