Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-12-23
A ONSOMPTlON CURE
The. Great Crusade Is Now Under
Way in England.
Eminent Medical Men Have Adopted
. New Means of Combating
the Life-DestrOying
Disease.

Disease. y
There have been consumption. cures
without number. Some have come in
bottles and were easy to take. Others
were in the form of medicated air,
which the patient inhaled. Again the
cure was by incubation. But for rea-
sous. as varied as the cures themselves,
ali have failed.
The climatic healing has proved
success in almost every instance where
the victim Of tuberculosis could be in
duced to make the change i'll time. I'm
fortunately one of the mental phenom-
ana,of consumption is the patients be-
Lief concerning himself, or herself.
Not in: one case out of one hundred can
they be made to understand their dan
ger in time. The cure by climate, how
ever, has one serious drawback, name
y, expense.
A movement is now on foot in Eng
/; land to establish cure that will be
within the reach of even the most mod
est income. Physicians long ago rec
ognized that consumption was not nee
essariiy fatal. They have also known
that those threatened, or indeed al
ready in the first stages, could cure
themselves if they would but persist
in the following out of few simple
rules Of life.
The new cure, which will be pro-
NOTED by an association of physicians
and philanthropic laymen in England,
will follow these rules IN operations.
The society is to be called THE Ma
ticnal Crusade Against Consumption
Society"
It is no visionary scheme. This is
shown by the fact that the most emf
rentsmedical men in Great Britain are
interested in the movement and viii
be present at the first formal meeting
Of the society in Octc Der, at which the
prince of Wales will preside. g..
The society will have an organiza-
ton not unlike that of a mutual Life
insurance COMPANY; that is. as many
subscribers as possible will be secured.
The membership fee Twill be- five dollars
a year. Small as this sum is, it will, it
is anticipated, more than suffice. as
many persons will become members
who will never have occasion to call
upon the society for aid, while for s25
one may become life member.
The organization will conduct its
crusade in accordance with what the
most recent study of consumption has
brought to light. To begin with, it will
combnt the idea that the disease is nee
essari.y inherited. This may be one Of
the reasons Of it's spread. but con-
trary to the general belief it is far
from being the most common.
Another point on which the society
will lay special stress is the danger
from that unique device, the modern
fiat. It is argued that the fiat is one of
the most fruitful sources of tubercu'
losis because of the insufficient light
and air allowed. Thus the fiat aud the
disease-infected dwelling house, or the
house that is too thickly shaded, will
be two of the first objects of attack.
This cure by educati as it may be
called, is, however, only one of the pur'
poses of the society.
The subscription money, it is ex'
pected. will mark figure that will
make it possible to build number OF
retreats for those actually in the grip
of consumption.
These retreats will be in no sense
hospitals. The houses will be small
detached cottages, with ample veran
.das, so arranged that while still per
hitting the free access of air and sun
light, they can yet be shut off from
winds and draughts. The patients viii
i've entirely in the open air. Thei,
bedrooms will be without carpets, rug.
or curtains at the windows. TIE win
dows will be protected by an arrange
ment of shades that will allow of thei
being constantly open, n ma tier from
what quarter the wind may blow.
There are certain atmospheres, how
ever, which the patients will be guard
ed against-when it is damp or whe1
raw winds are blowing. The air will
be ''dried out" before it is admitted t,
them-a matter that can be easily &C
eomplished by a simple mechanical de
vice.
- These retreats will be established i
the south of England, where the eli
mate is admirably suited to the need
of consumptives, and where the. soil i
dry and sandy-a point of the utmos
Importance, by the way-and wher
there is an abundance of sunshine tn
year round.
Medicine will play no part in tn
cure. Diet and exercise will be tn
two weapons in active use. A simpl
course OF physical training, with frs
1uent baths, will be persisted il
Proper breathing will be taught, TO
not one person in 500 breaths correc-
". and proper use of the lungs in thi
respect does more to keep up goo
Nbodily condition than anything else
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