The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-02-22
THE CURE OF TUBERCULOSIS
DR.. Harriet Z. Jones Fourth and Final
Paper on the Subject.

This Is the last of q series of four ar
ticles prepared by Dr. Harriet B. Jones,
Of Wheeling, on the subject of tubercu-
losis. The last paper tells how the dis
ease may be cured without the use of
drugs or medicine. If these papers will
be kept and persons afflicted with the
disease will follow the advice given in
them it will undoubtedly do them a
world Of good.
The three preceding papers have dealt
with the cause of the disease and the
many things patients can do to keep
from injecting others with whom they
come in contact. One paper also dealt
with the responsibilities Of the city in
the matter of preventing the spread Of
the disease.
This subject is being discussed with
much interest all over the country and
the responsibility Of the cure of the dis
ease is being aroused in mary cities and
states by the authorities. The fact
that so many more deaths occur from
consumption than from any other dis
ease has aroused the public at last to
the fact that something should be done
The last paper follows:
In the first place consult your family
physician. He should be your guide,
counsellor, friend and teacher. He will
tell you whether you have the disease
or symptoms Of it.
There is no drug or combination of
drugs known to medical science that
will cure it. Sunshine, fresh air, rest,
freedom from care, worry, abundance
of food, and plenty of sleep, all combin-
ed, are the important agents in the cure.
In a recent gathering in Pittsburg, Pa,
one of the most prominent physicians in
the state made an address in which he
gave his formulate for the cure of tuber-
culosis.
Eight hours a day in the open air,
unless the weather is SO inclement as to
make this q practical impossibility; a
clean, healthy diet, consisting largely
Of milk and eggs and the exercise of
proper precaution against infection from
the germs Of the disease.
He has been using this formula in a
sanitarium among the Pennsylvania
hills with striking results.
1t has been found that it is often nee
cessary for patients to go far away
from home to get cured. Our own West
Virginia hills can give life to many.
These sanitariums are springing up all
over the country. Some of the buildings
resemble numbering camps, and are as
simple as possible,
The patients are kept in the open air
day and night. From May to Deem
Der more of the inmates lie under can
vas than under wood, and until snow
comes the tents are inhabited. Scat
tered through groves and hill sides are
shacks and sheds, some composed of
limbs Of trees, built with axes, saws
and pen knives by those who occupy
them. They eat out Of doors as often
as the weather will permit. Cold does
not interfere Provided with excellent
food, living and sleeping out of doors,
making a business Of getting well,
every week men and women are dis
charged, pronounced cured, who joined
the communities mere wrecks Of hui
mainly.
A remarkable change comes over the
visitors after a few weeks or months Of
this life. Few remain over six months,
and over fifty percent Of the total num-
Der leaves apparently returned to health.
After going to their homes their resto-
ration is complete that only a small per
centage have q relapse.
In one sanitarium, during one year,
out of 141 persons treated, fftv-six
were apparently cured, while thirty
who were unable to remain longer were
so greatly improved that they literally
healed themselves. Of the 141, rs were
an advanced stage, all of the symp-
toms being prominent.
1t is not necessary to go to a sanitari-
UNI, if your surroundings be such as
to enable you to follow this plan of
treatment. If you have a porch YOU
can enclose part of it on three sides,
having each side so it will draw up like a
curtain. After you are in bed a whole
side may be thus opened, leavning you
practically out of doors. If the wind
should turn unpleasant, another side
may be opened.
Tents may be very simple in construc-
ton, with board floors and in cot or
bed, plenty Of bed covers and a small
stove if away from the house, to have
fire to dress and undress by. This treat
ment can be taken in your home. There
are some simple arrangements by which
you can breathe the fresh air without
exposing your body.
Put the head of bed, without SOL
id head board, to the open window, on
which half way up the window shelf
on folding brackets supports two blank