The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-10
JULY 10, 1907. ESTABLISHED 1914

some food, all abetted by determine
ton to rid the mind of worry and to
get we'll. Occasionally simple medical
remedies are necessary, when the by
giene or dietetic means have not
proved sufficient to combat the dis
ease, but those instances where medi-
cine is needed are few and should not
be magnified. Climate is Is a great
factor, and one should generally be
chosen that goes to neither excess OF
heat or cold.
Those who have made the preven-l
people who are afflicted with the dis
ease should sleep alone in q room with
no hangings, upholstered furniture or
useless floor coverings. Whitewashed
or painted walls are better than those
covered with wallpaper. Consump-
tives need not be afraid of cold wealth
er 80 long as the body is protected and
The feet Kept dry. They need to be
temperate in all things and should
scrupulously avoid dust, disorder,
dampness and bad air. Instead OF
medicine they need large quantities OF
nourishing food. At the sanitariums
the inmates are often forced to eat
more than they are inclined to take, In
order to overcome the wasting effects
Of the misunderstanding disease.
1t Is accepted that the surest cure
lies in the old cry, BACK to nature"
and in q hundred mountain regions In
the United States one may see rough
log cabins or canvas tents, with one
side open to the weather, where live all
the year round men or women who are
being cured Of what was considered q
few years ago an incurable and hope:
less malady. And this is how they ale
doing it. They have clothed them
selves warmly and comfortably ; they
have left care and worry behind they
are eating four and FIVE meals a day of
fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs and beef !;
they are spending from twelve to
twenty-five hours outdoors each day |
lying In big chairs In the sun. or per-
haps taking short walks and a little ex-
ercise they are making q point of be-
ing cheerful and hopeful, and as u re-
suit Of such determination the major
ity of them will return to their homes
restored to the health which they lost
through carelessness or ignorance.
It is said that the people Of the arid
regions IF the West petitioned M Of
our multimillionaires, who gives many
millions to charity, to use some Of his
money for work among the sufferers
from tuberculosis. They wanted him
TO supply the funds to build camps and
buy plain, health-giving food for those
who would live In them. His reply
was to the effect that 1t would hardly
be an Investment worth while, be-.
cause persons who might be restored to
health from this disease could hardly
be expected to make energetic citizens
who would be factors In the upbuild-l
ing Of the Nation. In this the great
man was altogether wrong, for there
have already come from the camps, the
State and private sanitariums, and
from homes built in the open, hun
dreds and hundreds of men and wo-
men who have been restored to health
and happiness, and returned to their
homes we'll and strong and capable.
A few millions given to this cause
would ave many lives, and do more
good than any endowment that has yet
been made In this country, where en-
dowments are 80 frequent and so mu-
nificent. But I've rs 1t Is the great
fight sgaiDst consumption Is being
waged everywhere. Massachusetts
built State camps and sanitariums for
the cure of her consumptives, and Yer.
mont followed with the one at Rut-
land. New York appropriated a bali.
million dollars for a State sanitarium,
and Rhode Island, New Jersey, Della
ware, Illinois, Michigan and other
States have undertaken similar work.