Get your doctor to tell you what mild antiseptic to use in your nose and throat; and then keep it in stock against future attacks.
Often it is advisable to rest quietly in bed a few days, so as not to overtax the body in its weakened condition.
[Illustration: EXERCISE IN THE COLD IS A GOOD PREVENTIVE OF COLDS] Keep away from foul, stuffy air as much as possible, especially in crowded rooms; bathe or splash in cool water every morning; sleep with your windows open; and take plenty of exercise in the open air; and you will catch few colds and have little difficulty in throwing off those that you do catch.

Colds are comparatively trifling things in themselves; but, like all infections however mild, they may set up serious inflammations in some one of the deeper organs--lungs, kidneys, heart, or nervous system, and frequently make an opening for the entrance of the germs of tuberculosis or pneumonia.

Don't neglect them; and if you find that you take cold easily, find out what is wrong with yourself, and reform your unhealthful habits.
[Illustration: A YEAR OF CONSUMPTION ON MANHATTAN ISLAND Every black dot represents one case reported.

The groupings show how rapidly the disease spreads from one household to another in the same locality.] HOW TO CONQUER CONSUMPTION Different Forms of Tuberculosis.

The terrible disease tuberculosis is the most serious and deadly enemy which the human body has to face.