The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-06-17
TUBERCULOSIS
More Facts About Consumption
HumanitYs Worst Enemy.

them.
Many people think that whiskey
is good for consumptives. On the con-
trary the use OF whiskey weakens
the system SO that a person Is more
apt to take consumption. Avoid whis-
key.
In order to be cured tuberculos-
iS must be found out early Treatment
must then be carried out under the
direction of a thoroughly up-to-date
physician.
If you have tuberculosis.
l. You must live out doors all the
time
2. You must eat the most nourish-
ing food
8. You must be careful OF your
dress.
4. You must never get tired.
5. You must tend to your body hy-
glene.
/. LIVE OUT DOORS.
How 1t is accomplished. AT the
great hospitals where the treatment
of tuberculosis is so successfully
carried out they enclose the porches
with screens and shutters so as to
keep out the flies and ward off the
storms and the patients live and
eat and sleep out of doors all the
time. With a very little trouble and
very little expense this same thing
can be done at your own home, or a
shanty 15x15 with open sides pro-
vided with shutters which can be
closed on the windy side can be
built. This open air is absolutely
necessary II, you want to be cured.
No room in the house however,
airy or sunny is half as-good. Some
people are afraid of night air Night
air is the only air you can get at
night and pure night air is far bet
ter than day air that has been bot
led up in a room and breathed over
and over. Avoid stuffy rooms Get
the pure fresh night air except when
rain or storm make it absolutely i'm
/ possible.
I .. EAT NoURISHING FOOD.
The disease is continually tearing
down your bodily tissues very fast and
you must replace the lost strength
by keeping your stomach in the
best possible condition and by eat
Z ing only the most nourishing food
such as good meat. eggs, milk, but
ter. vegetables and fruit. All foods
hard to digest should be avoided.
II the weight has fallen off a good
deal It is better to eat times a
( day instead of three Take three
rather light meals at the regular
times and then take an egg, Whip
ed up with milk and Favored, be-
tween meals. When the weight is
greatly reduced it is necessary 10
take as many as 6 or s raw eggs dur
( ing the day. Weight yourself at least
every week and see TO II that there
is steady gain.
J 3. The dress should be loose so
/ that deep breathing Is easy. The
dress must be changed TO fit the
weather and not the season. Es-
pecial care must be exercised in the
spring when the weather is SO
changeable. Never stay in wet
clothes. Change them. Never have
wet feet. This is most dangerous Of
all
one should not wear clothes which
are SO heavy as TO make one sweat
{ in doors. Wear moderately light
indoor clothing and then put on over
clothes when you go out doors.
A. NEVER GET TIRED.
A person with tuberculosis must
never get tired. He must never
overdo. never become exhausted.
He should keep a clinical Their
mometer and take his temperature
morning and night and whenever the
temperature is above $50 he should
strictly keep his bed or chair in
the open air. He should not exer-
else in any way until his tempera-
ture has been normal for at least
week. He may then take short
walks gradually increasing the dis
lance and always watching the tenn
perature. Any rise in temperature
is a sign for the exercise to stop
for 1t means that his disease Is
becoming active again. 1t is not
uncommon for a consumptive who
stays all the time out doors and
eats lots of cream and raw eggs
to gain as much as 10 or 10 pounds a
month. Very few fail to gain some.
And remember that your progress to-
ward health is measured by your in
crease In weight. Any loss is
danger signal.
| s. BODILY HYGIENE.
The body should be kept clean.
This means that every morning a