The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-07

| country for breakfast. I praeticed a strict diet at first, but now am eat ing about everything that I want. and in some cases without m0deration-a very bad thing for anyone to dc. at first used a great deal of sugar in everything and mOlasses was a great part of my meal. I did this because I | thought sugar good health-giving fod I drank a pint of water three times a day-before each meal-and drank little while eating. My dinner was very scant, because my hectic fever generally came up at just about that time and often I would be in bed Din ner consisted of atmeal. with a great 1 deal of sugar and some boiled milk. and possibly little bread. I could not eat much dinner for many weeks My supper was a duplicate of breakfast, only I would not eat so much of it. tried to drink fresh milk. but it did not agree with me.
 'I should add that while I did not
 have any physician, because they had given up all hopes unless I went to an- other climate, my case had advanced so far that it was necessary for me to take
 SOIIle IIltttluc. PA lDeu tIIlS lIty- self. and it consisted of an inhalation that made breathing easier and of old fashioned methods employed to keep the liver, kidneys and other organs in good condition. Nature is the greatest of all doctors She most certainly will cure by herself if the patient will begin with her earlier enough"
 Have you any advice to give to others who want to try your plan?"
 Nothing more than to lead simple life, abide well within the natural laws of sanitation and follow a nutritious diet that agrees with you. It is well that one crown his life with as pure a mental atmosphere as he seeks for the physical. Many, whose disease is far advanced, can only take very mild ex- ercise, but they should not fear the air"
 Do you believe in hereditary con- sumption?"
 q do not know whether it is inherited or not, but I convinced that open air life will kill it if it transpIanted frora sire to son. Over in the graveyard on that hill we buried my mother, last June. She died of consumption. They would have laid me over there in the winter if I had not adopted the open air treatment. I expect, now to live to my limit of age"
 How did ySu get this recipe?"
 When I was nineteen years of age, four years ago, taught school. Tn the text books read of the effect of alcohol on dead tissues. When I began to go down, and all knew that I had con- sumption, was told of how alcohol had cured many. My text book infor- nation indicated that it was hardly logical.
 T served as deputy county health of ficer year or more ago, and had thus heard of the state board of health. I wrote to the secretary, and on Mo- vember I received a letter from Dr. J. N Hurty, answering my questions concerning the effect of alcohol on liv- ing lung tissues. Later I wrote to him. outlined my exact condition, and stated that the doctors had told me that I would have to go to another climate, and that this I was not in a position to do. He then wrote to me, tl OpcIi-lll CApNA LlislL ItLA been carried on in Germany and other European countries and in some sec tions of this country, and he gave me the outline of this system of treatment and sent me books describing the Ger man, Norwegian and other open-air treatments, which l have tried to fl- low, and to which attributed my good condition to-day. l am not entirely back to the normal, but will reach it in a month. Already I have become careless in my treatment.
 Davis is twenty three years old, is we'll educated and is student of him self and his surrounding conditions. At one time he was the youngest justice of peace in the state but he had to resign because of his heaIth-Derby, Ind. Letter to Indianapolis News.