The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-20
CURE OF CONSERVATIVES
A Warning in Regard to Recommending
Life In the Country

Lie IN the Country
The New York committee Oh tie
prevention Of tuberculosis is sending
out a word d warning 70 those who,
at this season 81 the year especially,
are recommending Life in The country
al way iii which to treat consumption.
"There are many says Tie committee,
swho advise the country for all sorts
and conditions Of consumptiYes Many
| physicians, as well as charitable per-
sons and interested friends, and nearly
always the sufferers themselves seem
To consider that once The city consuinp.
tive is taken from his overerowded tene-
nent and placed in the country the
/ problem Is solved Often it il thereby
merely made more complicated On the
other hand, undoubtedly there are
many consumptiyes who will profit
greatly BY carefully Supervised resi-
dence in the country.
The position is taken that IL Is fair
neither to the consumptiye nor to the
country districts to send away TO
boarding houses persons who have adj
vanced tuberculosis and who have not
been carefully trained i'll ID caring for
themselves that they will not infect
others or who are unwilling to take
pains against injecting Others. II ia
! urged that If this form OF treatment
Is to be permitted the consumptiye
1 should be carefully taught until hi has
4 thoroughly learned at least the fact
that his dry cough and his sputum con
tain the living germs Of consumption
| which spread the disease to others, and
lit is pointed out that consumptiye
1 who is careless in these matters is a
source of great danger to whatever
household he goes into. The following
rules are laid down al those that every
doctor every boarding house keeper
and every eonsumptiYe himself should
insist upon;
1.-THE careful and clean consunptive
| Is not dangerous To those with whom he
4 lives and works; the careless one IL
The spitum of the consumptive con.
tains living germs, which, when breath
ga in, may and very often do set an
consumtion in others. Every consump.
tive should therefore use the greatest
possible pfecaution against allowing
these living, death dealing germs Il
escape into che air, and when lie spits
when indoors, be should always spit
Into a spitoon half filled with water
or into covered bedside cup. Tbs
contents Of these receptaeles should b
cleaned out frequently and the cup 81
spito0n sterilized BY thorough boiling
When out OF doors the oonsumptiyt
should spit only into a pocket flask
Of which there are various cheap varie
ties on the market, and this he may dc
without attracting attention By carry
ing the bittle concealed in handRer
chief II unwilling TO do this, ser
xiceable and effective substitute vii
be found in pieces Of cheap, Thin
white cloth, cut about ten by inches
and carried a dozen or more in Ia,
POCKET They have the appearance Of
handkerchief, and when used onci
should be put in another pocket il
which should be placed a small ordinary
paper bag for their reception. Womei
sufferers from consumption can use tn,
handbags now so common in the saml
that the men Use their pockets. 4
handkerchief is better than nothing, bui
is not as good a. the bottle or the cloth
Al each time it Is taken out Of tn
pocket il may scatter the germs that
have been deposited their when prev
iously used. The consumptiye shoul,
be particular also when coughing. a.
the small invisible droplets expelled II
coughing carry with them the germs o
consumption Just a. does the sputum
The mouth and nose should therefor
always be covered when coughing. i
x best to dispose Of the sputum o
he eonsumptiye BY burning, and thi
is another reason for the use Of cloth
instead Of handkerchiefs, the latter {
used and put into the wash being ap
to convey the germs TO the other cloth
ing Where there are no regular sewer
il Il not safe to get rid Of the spitum 0
] consumptiyes except BY burning
II is the committees opinion tina
ordinarily only a small number Of thos
suffering from tuberculosis and seekin
charitable assistance are fitted for resi-
dencc IN the country, and that Of thes
only a very small number may safel,
take such form OF treatment withou
medical supervision.--New York Trib
une.