Before the year is out, almost every man, woman & child in the U.S. will have had at least one cold. The cost (in doctors' fees, drugs and lost wages) will top $1 billion. In a progress report on man's fight against the common cold, the current Journal of the American Medical Association glumly reports: no progress.
Said a Journal consultant, ignoring recent enthusiastic claims for anti-histaminics*nothing has been found to prevent or cure colds. This goes for salves, nose drops, gargles, vaccines and every other nostrum. All that the victim can do is try to get some relief. For a stuffy...