The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22

drainage Of the lungs, working almost q
miracle in reducing the cough VI those In
incipient stages of the disease.
Some physicians prefer ichthalbin. while
others use kalagua, which has a similar
effect upon the patient to ichthyol.
There Is no doubt whatever Of the value
Of administering cod liver oil and mixed
fats, when they can be assimiat ted. which
Is the important point to keep In mind
At least three quarts Of milk daily should
be given In almost every case.
Some physicians have tried hot-air in
halation. employing ichthyol camphor.
creosote. eucalyptus, turpentine. tar and
menthol But 1t Is now held that the moist
hot inhalations are useless. IL not absolute
ly harmful Cold. moist iIhalations are
thought OF considerable value. especially
when benzotn, camphor, tar, albolene, car
bolic acid and extract Of balm OF Gilead
are used In the solution. One OF the special
virtues Of the inhalations IL that they teach
the patient to breathe deeply.
One Of the most modern OF sciences in
the treatment Of consumption 10 that of
hydrotherapy. For this 1t Is necessary to
have table. with all the apparatus for
douching the different parts OF the body.
and various tubs, hot-sir cabinets and mas
sage tables. These are possible. however,
only In hospitals and sanitariums.
1t was formerly thought best for the con-
sumptive patient to rest as much as pcssi-
Bile. but the tendency Of treatment now
adays Is away from rest to & proper amount
Of exercise.
1t IL q valuable agency in the cure OF the
disease for the patient to have the blood
circulate naturally and thoroughly under
the stimulus Of right exercise, and the wise
physician prescribes these as carefully as
he does the diet. except In the advanced
stages Of the disease.
Doctor Sajous Of Philadelphia, one OF the
nfiCinol tho
has only just announced that he has dis
covered the value OF ductless glands for the
vital function, and he holds that tubercu-
loEs and other diseases may be arrested in
their incipiency by stimulating these glands
and keeping them healthy.
He claims that the tendency Of tubercu-
Iosis Is nothing but q congenital adrenal in
sut.iciency, . low grade Of general nutrition
which We can easily overcome.
GYPSUM WORKERS NOT
SUBJECT TO CONSUMPTION.
It has been noted that workers in the
gypsum mines Of Europe are not subject to
consumption. and perhaps this point to some
method of using gypsum II the observation
Be based upon fact.
The Importance of the open air and proper
ventilation is especially emphasized by all
modern practitioners
The patient who is shut up in close room
reinfects himself by breathing again the
germs which be has given OF.
It does not matter how cold the weather
is. the patient should go out into the open
air and be there as long as the sun is shin
ing. In the Adirondack consumptive camps
1t is the chief point OF the treatment to keep
the patient out in the air.
II he Is too weak to stand. he is carried
out and placed in a protected nook or chair,
where the invigorating air must force its
Way into his weakened lungs.
Many physicians hold that IL the patient
while at home were subjected to the same
treatment and kept out In the fresh air It
would benefit him almost as much, even
though the air of the city is not as pure and
invigorating as 1t is in the mountains