The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-20

and always kept up my vitality while at the same time seeing to 1t that my fed upon fresh air. However. my doc- tor had warned me that during my three months stay at an extreme alti- tude had become very full blooded and upon returning to a much low sr altitude I might suffer another series of hemmorrages if did not exercise due caution. But was so delighted to return to my work and friends ,nc ,, not
 turesque language of the Western
 hunger, but in the rosy vigor of health,
 that I disobeyed this Injunction. I
 plunged headlong into my work during
 a period of hot and depressing wealth
 hardness.
 Within three days of the first en-
 niversary of my previous hemorrhages
 began bleeding again. As in the
 first instance the attack came while I
 was al my desk and the manner in
 flee with blood might have led an tn-
 suspecting visitor to conclude that 1t
 was slaughter pen. These hemor-
 rhages began at 1 80 o'clock one Thurs
 vals up.il the following Saturday
 night, during which time lost thir-
 teen pounds in weight.
 was more provoked than alarmed
 for at the very time when l was flat
 on my back heaving up blood. The Birmingham News. with which I am
 connected, came out with an article
 from my own pen. which had been pre-
 telling the public how had been
 cured of consumption and advising all
 sufferers to go and do likewise. While
 annoying Tn the extreme the nunlor of
 this situation could not but appeal to
 me. I communicated with my Denver
 doctor by wire and he advised me not
 to be uneasy: assuring me that my
 present attack was rather a readfust- ment to the lower altitude than other wise, due to over exertion during the
 warm weather. He termed 1t an ''over- , flow" and judging from the amount
 of blood lost, am quite prepared to subscribe to the Idea that 1t was not only an overflow but a bloody Hood. However, just two weeks from the day al work, and in four weeks more had regained all my lost flesh and have never from that day to this gwen the slightest evidence of recurrence of On Guard for Germs.
 attribute my present good health be. is sufficiently proper for me to
 keep the bugs" at arms length, so to | speak.
 T realize fully that I have merely l abated the disease and that if my vie | taiity runs low will be subject to re- currence of 1t. I know that on my | left lung, which was the infected or, gan, there IS an OlQ scar lIaDI9 to re- open at the hands of this insidious ene- | my the moment am caught off guard. Therefore, still follow as far as pos- | sible the manner of life which adopt all the while and pursue my profess sional duties, so do the next best
 thing by keeping my office well ven-
 tilated the year round, sleeping every night in the year in a room without heat and with four windows wide | open, not even a curtain fluttering be- l fore them to obstruct the air currents;
 ! endeavor to be moderate in my nab. | its (though I must confess that fall l far short in this respecO: and last but not least I eat only the most nourish-
 ing foods and these in plentiful quan- | titles at regular hours.
 When I find that my weight is re- ceding, put on more steam by taking on side line of cream, raw eggs and emulsion of mixed fats. Last Janu- and at once resorted to this plan and | in five weeks had carried my weight back to TO pounds. Of course. my
 factor in aiding me to keep up my
 weight and general vitality. Tn the | same connection ] believe also that my will power ard naturally optimistic
 temperament are important elements in my favor.
 On one occasion my Denver physi-
 elan told me that he had never in .lll
 his experience treated a patient who l
 sistance and he congratulated me upon | possessing that characteristic, which l l realize is very important to any person l who is attacked by wasting disease.
 StiiI another feature of my present
 manner of life which must not be over | looked Is the cold bath. It is my un- varying rule to take cold plunge
 bath in cold bathroom every morning in the year no matter what the state | of the weather may be. This bath to- gether with the system of ventilation
 which employ both at my office and
 at home feel sure is what renders me | impervious to taking cold. cold is | an exceedingly dangerous companion | for a consumptive and he should Dc | oVerwatchful to avoid one. He can do
 so if he will not allow himself to be- come overheated and will always re- main close to nature But he should 1, avoid overcrowded or overloaded | ly, rather adapting his dress to the | climate and weather conditions. Ali | of this can be easily conformed to If a little thought and effort are employ With regart to climatic influence n | the treatment of tuberculosis, regard | high altitude and extremely 1Ty cfi- mate as important only in expediting | the abatement of the disease and more | readily insuring the cure. In my judg- | ment these elements are not absolute | ly essential except Tn extreme cases. | Consumption can be abated in Alabama | if the patient will conform to the same | manner of life and treatment here as I | followed in Colorado. provided he be- | gins in time. Here is the key note 10 | the entire proposition-an tarly be- ginning.
 It is no exaggeration to say that | thousands die every year who could have been saved had they realized their
 true condition early and adopted the open air treatment. However, the | trouble Is that in very many and pos- sibIy a majority of cases the dlssase | has gained great headway before the patient becomes fully aware of the he Is apt to fail to realize the impor-- | tance of beginning the fight without delay until his vitality Is at such a low ebb that he Is scarcely able to travel to more congenial climate. Do Not Desire the Truth.
 The average man or woman does not desire to be told the truth about tfis disease, if the truth means that that man or woman is afflicted with It. As have already stated this attitude grows out of the old fiction that on- sumption Is incursble, and 's undoubt- edIy responsible for the great caution
 which many physicians exercise in de Vulging to a consumptiVe the truth as 10 his real condition.
 The solemn duty of the hour devolv- | ing alike upon the medical professl on, the press and the intelligent .ayman | is the education of the masses to the and that natures own elements-God's | sunshine, fresh air and wholesome l food-furnish the cure. It has been amptly demonstrated that these ele- ments can abate tuberculosis In the most unfaVorable climates.
 The municipality of New York has proven 1t on Blackwelis Island where | it maintains a consumptives' colony, | the members of which pursue the same | open air treatment as Is practiced In | MaXH0n