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Example sentences for "taking cold"

  • It may be caused by taking cold, thus producing passive congestion of the brain.

  • In making these changes, one should gradually cool off, and then by putting on additional clothing, wraps or shawls, the danger of taking cold may be removed.

  • If you desire to rest your feet in a pair of light slippers, then add a pair of heavy woolen socks over the stockings, this will greatly lessen the chances of taking cold.

  • Bronchitis or catarrh of the bronchial tubes is generally the cause of the ordinary cough due to exposure or taking cold.

  • The injurious effects of taking cold or chilling the body or any part of it, have been the subject of special inquiry in Germany.

  • By hermetically sealing the windows, through false fears of his patient's taking cold, he exposes her to the risk of becoming poisoned with her own exhalations.

  • These are the two usual modes of "taking cold.

  • Patients sometimes become worse from injudicious exposure of this kind, the intestinal catarrh from which they are suffering being aggravated by taking cold, and perhaps rendered dysenteric.

  • Taking cold is the common idea of the cause of dysentery, and is always a satisfactory explanation in a case of obscure origin in this or any disease, even though the patient may be able to recall no possible exposure.

  • It is of the greatest importance that the woman should be impressed with the necessity of the avoidance of taking cold, since any lung or kidney trouble is a serious complication of pregnancy.

  • They will be found to be most refreshing after great muscular fatigue, and, when taken after the hot tub-bath, greatly lessen the susceptibility of the individual to taking cold.

  • Any one can readily understand from reading this description that the thing to do is to be careful not to needlessly expose yourself to taking cold.

  • A person who has had these troubles should be careful not to expose himself to the danger of taking cold after an attack.

  • He should be careful, not only of taking cold, but of over-doing.

  • It may also be occasioned by taking cold, and by a debilitated condition of the stomach.

  • After at the office till 9 o'clock, I home in fear of some pain by taking cold, and so to supper and to bed.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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