Word: storming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...occurred to me that students who are desirous of keeping well may be interested to know that the last snow storm was followed by numerous colds a large number of men being quite ill with tonsillitis. What was true of that storm will probably be true of this one unless more care is taken to protect the body from cold and wet. From some ten years of observation I am convinced that wet feet are the most common cause of tonsillitis and other forms of sore throat. There is no "water-proof" shoe made that will keep the foot...
...University hockey rink was yesterday cleared of snow and a short practice was held. The return of several members of the squad has been delayed by the snow storm and only twelve men reported for the practice, which consisted of shooting and passing the puck. A cut will probably be made in the squad after today's practice...
...truth of this statement, chemical and bacteriological analyses of the water were made under various tidal conditions, especially in regard to the dissolution of sewage in still fresh water; and all the sewers opening into the basin and its tributaries were examined both in dry weather and in storm overflows. The temperature of the water has been systematically watched all summer...
During the seventeenth and most of the eighteenth centuries the French novel portrayed a society with a common ideal. The Revolution, however, broke the frame of this social life, and after the storm was past, each class withdrew to its own circle. The first half of the nineteenth century is well shown by Balzac, with its ideal of commercial honor. But the "bourgeois" class has not been able to receive the rich foreigner as it would like, and only today are they beginning to study and appreciate the energetic, laborious and commercial society of the New World...
...students particularly desirous of keeping in perfect health it may be of interest to know that every snow-storm is followed by a marked increase in the number of cases of nasal colds, the various forms of sore throat, coughs, less frequently catarrhal disturbances of the intestinal tract, and occasionally more serious illness. This is probably largely due to the fact that comparatively few students wear rubbers or overshoes, and that it is impossible without such protection to walk in several inches of snow and keep the feet dry. Wet feet are probably more prolific of the above diseases than...