The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-12-09
ARREST OF CONSUMPTION.

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ARREST OF CONSUMPTION.
There is no mslady which causes 50 large
= mortality as consumption. Statistics
show that, throughout the civilized world.
an average OF one death in sir. every sixth is
the lists Of mortality, may be attributed to
its agency. Though our own city shows .
smaller average from this scourge, vet is
computed thai even here il is The cause Of
one death in every seven or eight. II was
formerly considered an incurable disease,
and was often left hopelessly to run its fa-
tai course unchecked but modern inyes.i-
cation and science have proved that the tu-
bercular deposit, to which all its dread re.
suits may be traced, will frequently dimin-
ish under suitable treatment. This 10 furth-
er proved By post mortem examinations.
where death has occurred from other caus-
IS, in which the lungs. SCARED and pucker-
ed, altested the healthy closing Of two and
even three large tubercular cavities. Few
are aware how much the prevention and
even cure Of this di cad disease depends up-
on their own efforts. An eminent Ameri.
can physician has recently declared that,
with proper precautions, By any one. in
health, consumption will be well nigh an
impossibility. even though hereditary iDflu.
ences may predispose him to ", and that
even those who are already under its grasp
may have hope iof arresling its ravsges.
The plain and simple princlple, which in
this case is ihFssseDce Of allwise treatment,
lis ia,rsise s'se ply sicss sysfppssto the hich-
est possible yigor. ln company with this.
one Of the best curatiyes and preventiyes is
to expand and strengthen the lungs them
selves by deep inspirations or breathing IN
of pare air. These inspirations should be
made slowly as possible through small
tabe, or with the mouth nearly closed, and
with the shoulders thrown back and dnwn.
wards. When the lungs or chest are filed,
the air should be as slowly and gradually
brea,hed out. BY continual practice il will
be found easy to take long and deep inspi-
rations, and the chest itself will become
permanently expanded, so as to give the
lungs iuller play. Where strength has be-
gun 10 decline, of course the efforts mus,
be proporlioaately milder. As the air at
first enters the lower part OF the lungs, IL
only filIs.the.apex after long and sustain.
ed effort, aud hence the necessity Of making
the Inspira tion as slow as possible. Sir
times day in the open air is not too much
Tor this exercise. Indeed, the great adyan-
tage oi mildordry climates to consu,npti,es
is the possibility Of passing SO much Of the
time out Of doors. Much is justly said Of
the pure and brsciDg sr of Minnesota, but
those who 20 there Tor lung diseases should
remember that only as they breathe the
pure outside air habi.ually can IL prove be-
neficial. A lady with tubercular deposits
and severe cough went there some time
since, and month spent In the ordinary
way brought her no in provement. She ,ber
ioiued = camping party u ladies and gen.
tlemen, who started In an open wagon, aud
slept in tents at night. After three days'
exposure to this open air she msnifrstly
improved, and though frequently exposed
In the evening, took no cold. The cuntin-
uance Of this mode Of life resrnrrJ her
health and so strengthened her constitution
that in two months she could sleep wi,h
impunity while the air was blowing freely
across her. Many similar, and even mors
remarkable instances took place among the
young men Of our army In the late war, nv
ny Of whom enlisted against the advice ot
their friends, and returned with greatly
improved physicai eonstltstipss. The e..
ercIse thus induced is most essential TO the
desired end. aat.ss i
T. Abundance Of nutritious and wholesome
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