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NOAH FOX, M.D.; GEORGE LIVINGSTON, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1949;49(6):575-586.

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ALTHOUGH the virus is generally accepted as the causative organism of the common cold, much obscurity exists concerning the role of contributory factors, such as exposure to cold, fatigue and debility. These elements of one's environment have been much discussed in the literature, so that only a brief résumé will be necessary here. The purpose of this paper, however, is to suggest another factor, allergy, which will be discussed in relation to factors already known.

THE CASE OF EXPOSURE TO COLD

Since time immemorial, chilling has been considered a factor in the pathogenesis of the common cold. The Germans express this thought in the term Erkältung. Certain investigators¹ had noted changes in the nasal mucosa of persons exposed to heat and cold, but none of these investigators produced laboratory evidence of these changes until Mudd and his associates² published their work. They then showed that cutaneous chilling causes . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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