Article March 23, 1899 Issue

No Colds in Alaska

Why People Cannot Catch Cold in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Denver Republican

Though the long-suffering, sneezing, Coloradoan may not believe it, yet there are places in this big wide world where colds cannot be caught simply because there are no colds to catch.

Nansen and his men say that it is impossible to catch cold in the Arctic regions, no matter how severe the exposure may be. During the three years they were in search of the North Pole not one of them suffered with a cold, but they all proceeded to have colds just as soon as they returned to civilization.

This interesting fact was related by Dr. Egbert Guernsey, one of the most prominent New York physicians. He says, in a word, that colds are a result of microbes, similar to the grip germ, which attack the body when it is in a depressed condition.

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