Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!larsen From: larsen@fisher.UUCP (Michael Larsen) Newsgroups: net.med,net.rumor Subject: Re: Cure My Cold, Please Message-ID: <1345@fisher.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 18:32:42 EST Article-I.D.: fisher.1345 Posted: Thu Nov 7 18:32:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 05:43:57 EST References: <1264@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <204@ur-tut.UUCP> Organization: Princeton University.Mathematics Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.med:2712 net.rumor:1149 > 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. > -- > > -- Jon Krueger > UUCP: ...seismo!rochester!ur-tut!tuba > BITNET: TUBA@UORDBV > USMAIL: University of Rochester > Taylor Hall > Rocheseter, NY 14627 > (716) 275-2811 > "A Vote for Barry is a Vote for Fun" *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***