The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
asked hIm these ouestions:


 asked him these questions:
 Do you really cure consumptionf What hope do you hold out to surfer CTS from this disease?'
 'Yes,. he said, we cure cousump- tion--that is we arrest the disease and place the patient on the high road to complete cure, provided that the case is not too far advanced when 1t reach es us. So far we have received all our patients from physicians who are fa- miliar with the work here. We have discouraged the physicians, however, from sending patients to Ottawa who are suffering from the disease in It's far advanced forms. The patients that come here remain from three to eight months. We have never had a case of incipient tuberculosis which re- mained here more than two months which has not been discharged as con- valescent. By this I mean that the ravages of the disease had been check ed to such an extent that. with right living after leaving here. the patient could escape further trouble from this cause---in short they were cured.
 out of the cases we term advanced cases, which remained here three months or more, 50 per cent were dis charged with the disease so far ar rested that a prognosis of ultimate complete recovery reasonably could be Dlduc, VHOhtAG0 aAW&SS Ah&t shC thttth- ods of living we use here are fol- lowed. It follows naturally that a person predisposed to tuberculosis, even if put on the highway to recovery here will contract the disease again if not cautious or If they deliberately violate the rules discovered for the prevention of the disease. In thirty three out of forty-six of the far ad- vanced cases we had the first year there was no improvement. Of the re- maining thirteen the improvement was temporary, with the exception of three, who were discharged as convalescent. Just exactly what a patients chances are for recovery when they arrive here is extremely difficult to tell. We have had patients whom we have urged the physicians sending them to keep away because the apparent chances our be- ing able to help them were so slight. but who have recovered. The best we can say now is: Few propositions in medicine are more inviting than the treatment of an incipient ease of pull monary tuberculosis; few more dis couraging or disappointing problems exist in medicine, after the disease is well advanced.
 ''Fhe world is learning daily of the treatment of tuberculosis. Many falla- cies have been exploded. one of which Is that climate is the important fac- tor. Living in tent in southern Call ifornta or New Mexico may be more comfortable than in Illinois, but the patient will not recover faster. This fact. however. has been demonstrated in this connection: consumptive cured in the Illinois climate should continue to dwell in that climate, and one cured in California should con tinue in that climate. In short. the medical world can say to former con- sumptives, Stay in the climate in which you were cured
 The great work being done at pres ent Is along lines of prevention and | the cure of incipient and not too far l who are predisposed to consumption--l the ones whom the layman says have | in the family'-learn how to live to escape the disease the rav- ages of tuberculosis will be checked | to a great extent As soon as per- sons who have contracted it learn to l care for themselves--as soon as they | discover they are afflicted-when they | learn incipient consumption can bo | great cheek will have | been applied. These things are being | taught rapidly, and the outlook for | the thousands of tuberculosis persons | the world is brighter than | 1t ever has been.
 While the Ottawa colony has passed | into private control through circum- | stances, shall not lessen my efforts i to bring about the estsblishnsnt of a |