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From: larsen@fisher.UUCP (Michael Larsen)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.rumor
Subject: Re: Cure My Cold, Please
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 18:32:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  7 18:32:42 1985
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> In article Thomas Cox writes:
> >This is a bit off the track beaten so far, so bear with me.  I heard from an 
> >unimpeachable source that people who work around ammonia just *don't get
> >colds.*  And after I spent a day [as a busboy] washing walls with an ammonia
> >solution, I discovered that my sinuses were just amazingly clear.  However, 
> >short of a daily snort of ammonia, I guess that once you get the cold you
> >have to choose between "remedies" and just being comfortable....
> 
> At a minimum, you choose between "remedies" and just being confortable.  I
> would venture that you also choose between an unreliable remedy and a
> reliable environmental toxin.  Burns the hell out of membranes such as those
> found in your nose, throat, eyes, even skin if contact is prolonged.  I'd go
> for the comfort, and retain my sense of sight and smell while I'm at it.
> -- 
> 
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