COUGHS AND COLDS.
Abstract
The sudden changes in the weather during the period when fall is gradually passing into winter are likely to be the occasion for a number of ordinary colds. Because of the presence of these, it not infrequently happens that pulmonary affections of serious significance are thought to be no more than a simple cold. The cough, it is true, is likely to be much more persistent, but then, according to an old popular tradition, midseason coughs are supposed to be more liable to persist. It...