The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
FRESH AIR FOR CONSERVATIVES.
Beneficial Treatment Of Victims OF tn

Disease in ,'c-.crn .s0SpitaL
Last year 80 patients, mostly
adults, died Of consumption in this
community. I'm comparison with the
consumption death ratio in othcrnorth-
crn cities This number Of deaths is
small Under proper living the aver
ago Of twcnty-four deaths month
from consumption could be reduced
ono-half
Consumption can be cured. It can
be prevented 10 is essentially q dis
ease of bad air and poor nourishmcnt
Ii has its specific Germ, bat Tins may
bc rendered harmless except IN the
case Of the fcw who are most strongly
prclispOsod 10 the disease. Drugs IN
the strict sense are of no sort of value
in this disease. but In an abundance
of pure air and much outdoor lifc
combined with nouri,hing food, there
is ample security in the most Of cases
The person prcdisposcd 10 consump-
SON should spend all available time IN
the open air. lie should become a
fanatic on the subject of ventilation
and ou maintaining am cquablc tenn
pcraturc. as low as he can bear with
ont absolute discomfort. i'm his living
rooms. lie should, and everybody
should. make IL an inyariablc rule TO
initiate his lungs fully and frequently
every day The person who has
charge OF "a consumptiyc should never
falfoF i'm fine belief that consumption
is % communicable disease. lie should
go into the air frequently and initiate
his lungs 10 their capacity. lie should
use disinfccianis freely. Live out OF
doors and have nourlshing food Is q
direction which, if followed, would
make % great reduction in the con-
sumptivc mortality
The success of Dr. Dctweller's con
sumption hospital. at Fallcnstcin, IS
50 positive that there is little doubt
that hc has found the proper means OF
dealing with this disease which carries
away moro than a hundred thousand
lives I'm q wear i'm this country alone
His method, i'm brief, is 10 keep the pa
tiont either lying or walking IN the
open air almost day and night, and 10
Give them q rich, liberal and pccuh-
arly adapted diet Houses milk freely,
and vine and brandy under careful
regulations. All cases cannot lie
treated alike in every detail Some
c0nsumptycs cannot endure the cold;
i'm some cases 10 is necessary 10 use
compressed and I'm others "dilatcd' AIR
But I'm the main the patient Is made 90
spend many hours every day lying.
proiuscly covered. ON q lounge placed
ON vcrando, even in the coolest
weather Some spend eleven hours
day in this way.
Massage is systematically applied,
daily rubbing down, and the cold
douche where patients can stand 1t.
Tie dictis carefully regulated 10 tempt
The digestion The meals consist Of
breakfast from 10 halfpast g, q sec
ond breakfast at 10, dinner at |, fresh
milk at 4. and warm supper at Z.
Tho food is cooked rather rich, and
is so appcuzing that so per cent. OF the
patients gain am average OF ten pounds
I'm three months. The average patient
takes nearly a bottle of clarct, Rhine
or Hungarian wine daily, while others
are given two tcaSpooniuls of brandy
every hour or two and glass Of
brandy milk punch ON retiring The
patients sleep with their window wide
open at night, no matter how cold the
weather
This hospital is near Frankfort,
where the climatic conditions arc not
favorable and where the
seasons are no less severe than here.
1t is just rs tolcrablc to live outdoors
here rs there.
From this brief report Of the meth
DDS of DR. Dcttwcller the reader can
make certain rules concerning the
consumpiiyc patient whose case has
not reached the severe stages. The
two essential rules arc 10 have the pa
ticnt 1.-Two in the open air and TO sup
ply him with nourishing food. Nil
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