The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-20
CzAREwITCR'S LAST REQUEST
10 Publish rhroaxheut the Realm
Rales 60 Prevent CansumDfion.

New York. July 1s.-The Journal says:
Almost the last act performed by the late
Czarewitch George. who Gfed last Mon
day OF consumption. after hong and terri
BILE suferings. was TO appropriate ten
set OF rules and regulations for the ben
eft OF consumptivcs.
Some ten days ago he called Naval
| Lieutenant G. A. Boissmann, his adjufant,
to his bedside In the castle OF Abbas TII-
man. Caucasus. where he had been IS
tablished for the last year. George Al
exandrovftch." he said send this paper
TO the Imperial publication otfice order
one million copies to be printed and DIS
tributed among al the governments OF
! Russia One shah be hung up in each
| town house. city han. church. chapel.
railway station and in every other place
Of public resort. and the elders. council
men and hetmen must be asked 10 read
the paper once a week TO those unable TO
read themselves
In my cabinet you win find a draft for
/ ten thousand rubles on the administrator
Of apanages in St. Petersburg This am
informed. viii suffice the printing.
I'm my win have set aside a sum that
VIII pay for the publication of these rules
In more permanent form-enamel on iron
shields. but we can't wait for that. De-
lay may mean loss Of fife 10 many
III some minute tuberculosis baciin
crept into their system while waiting up
on me. or amusing me-" he used 10 say.
1t must be expelled by the quickest pos
sible method"
Here are the rules that the CEarewitch
left behind him as a legacy for other SUI
feres:
Remember that everything calculated to
tax a persons physical strength beyond
the average has tendency 70 develop the
seeds Of consumption that may be On the
system. II consumption has already be-
gun its ravages. each act OF overstrain-
ing tends to increase the danger.
Remember that the personal intercourse
between consumptives and healthy PEG
pie does more TO spread the disease than
any other agency.
Remember that the squallid surround
ings. narrow. dirty living rooms. hard
labor ana cares generally have a tendency
10 develop consumption
Remember that a husband inclined 10
consumption IL very liable 20 BECOME a
physical wreck through marriage. while |
child bearing and other motherly duties |
may develop consumption to a girl having /
the seeds Of tuberculosis in her system |
II the disease has manifested itself before |
marrigae martial relations Will increase /
its ravages.
In nine cases out Of ten the consumptive
husband win make his wife co-suf-
ferer. and vice versa; very frequently the I
children are affected and sometimes the I
servants and others living in the family.
No consumptive should marry during
the period when the lungs are affected.
Permission to many should be withheld
he'd for two years after the above symp-
toms have ceased.
Furthermore. each affected person /
should have his or her own bed. towels.
knives and forks. etc.
The body and other Hnen OF the con-
should not he put IN the general
wash unless previously dSinfected Ias-
Of his or her bed. bed room.
clothes. books. etc. Is likewise imperative
once per week.
For a consump,ive 20 neglect bodily
cleanliness Is nothing short a. crime.
Daily baths or washings from head 20
loot must never be dispensed with under
my circumstances.
The home 81 consumptive. be Il ever
20 poor. should offer free access 20 Iight
md air. The more sun the better. Per-
IONS forced 20 I'VE with consumptiyes
rave their own way to protect them
frequently washing and baths
-hildren OF consHDptives should he
auZht the virtue Of cleanliness a. the
.ariest possible moment
II these measures are carried on, "A AT |
PARTICULARS the consumpt!ve husbsna or
Wife will be largely benefited in body
md mind. and several years EfH be added
o their lives. while their Children. ser
IaHts and companions will Be- safeguard
4 against infection as far a. that Is pos
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