Arizona republican., 1907-10-06

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 coughs into a handkerchief and splits
 boiled or burned, is perfectly safe to
 be about -ou.
 IS. Be kind to the careful consump-
 ltive. as you would have others kind
 to you If you were sick.
 19. The only consumptive to be
 afraid of is the careless consumptive-
 he is a danger to the neighborhood. He
 fcoughs and spits anywhere and every
 where.
 20. Sunlight and fresh air kill the lpoison in the consumptive's spit.
 21. In dark, damp. or poorly venti-
 laetd rooms the poison remains for lmOnths a source of danger.
 22 Rooms which have been occu- Ipied by a consumptive should be thor
 oughly cleaned and then disinfected by the board os health.
 23. See that you have fresh air in your homes. See that you have fresh air in your workshops.
 A. Don't live in a room where there
 is no fresh air. Don't work in a room lWhere there is TO fresh air Don't sleep in q room where there is no fresh
 air.
 | 25. The trouble is that people don't
 let air enough or sunlight enough into
 their homes.
 l 26. If you suspect that you have
 consumption-if you have a slight per
 sistent cough
 27. If you are gradually. steadily,
 losing weight-If you are beginning to
 feel tired all the time | 2S. If you have a slight feverishness
 every afternoon
 29. Go at once to your family phy-
 sician, or if you are not able to do
 that. go at once to a dispensary. 30. Don't waste time or money on patent medicines or consumption
 cures" They don't cure. l 31. Consumption may be cured. if taken in time, but usually not other l wise.
 32. Patent medicines do not cure Consumption. While you are taking them you are losing time. and time you cannot afford to lose. 35. The treatment of consumption ! is fresh air. day and night. Rest, as much as possible. Food. as much as Iyou can take.
 36. Fresh air-day and night, sum- mer and winter. Rest-all you can get. Food-all you can eat-plain food, bread and butter. and milk g.. Fresh air. rest, food. These give you your chance to get we'll of iconsumption.
 3S. Medicine will help, but it is not
 so important. Avoid alcoholic drinks | if you have consumption. 39. Alcoholic drinks are particular ly bad for persons suffering from con- sumption. They do not cure-they kill.
 40 Few people were ever benefited l by the use of alcohol Thousands of people have been ruined by it. fl. Self-indulgence and intemper- ance are very bad for the bcdy. Vice. which weakens the strong. kills the weak.
 We have deliberately made use of a lcertain amount of repetition in the text of these slides. our object has been to make each slide as nearly as possible Icomplete within itself. The people who make up an out of-door audience are lconstantly moving; each individual lstops to see a half dozen pictures and passes on. giving place to another who does the same. It is important that each spectator shall find some message in what he sees. Repetition. therefore. lseems to be necessary. One other point regarding these Islides deserves attention. The type | from which the slides are printed should be of such size as to fill the slide completely. leaving only a mar row margin around the field. If this is II not done, and a small-sized type Is used, the slides will not be clearly Ilegible and a great deal of their value will be lost.
 Our circulars and lantern slides have been criticized on the ground that they are pitched in tone rather too opti- Imistic. Perhaps the criticism is just, but my own opinion Is that we need a lot of optimism in this work. and that the element of hope is a most import ant factor in the fight We are TOW making use of another scheme of education. Through the courtesy of the Telephone company we
 have secured permission to post mo- tices on the telephone poles. and we have prepared four bulletins for that purpose. These are made of tin. on (which the text is printed in colors. and Iare so distributed as to reach the parts of the city where they are most need led. I heartily recommend this plan. lit is more efficient than any other lmeans we have SO far tried. The signs have been criticized as vulgar. but I confess that I have little sympathy with such criticism. I believe that, for purposes of education, people do not "expectorate"-they spit" If they Iare careless or inconsiderate in spit ting. and if they need instruction on the subject, the more direct and frank such instruction Is. the more perman- ent its effect on their understanding. These signs read as follows: Sanitary League Bulletin No. l. Splitting on the sidewalk is a misde meanOr and is punishable as such. Splitting Is a dangerous practice. Dis ease is spread in that way. Spit into the gutter or into spittoons if you have to spit. Don't be a careless splitter. Sanitary League Bulletin No. 2.- People who spit on the floors of their homes spread disease. Consumption lespecially is spread in that way. Work
 men who spit on the floors of their workshops spread disease Tobacco