The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27


home, except under the most favorable
OF possible circumstances
At home the invalid has "no play with" He is
Hodd man all of the games OF life He sits about by
himself world of his feeling that he is object
of commseration, of sympathy and kindness, and,
he is apt to magi of mpatience and contempt
He only compare himself with his vigorous and
healthy fellows and his perpetual and insstent tempa
ton is to try TO live they do, not he must. He
hates to different and to be codding himself. II
ne sleeps the porch sits out in the yard he is
irrtaby conscious that he object of interest TO the
onpresen small boy and that the passersby turn and
stare at him. Every old busybody in the neghborhood
takes occasion him that he'll Sure ketch his
death O cold settin in the damp and drafts like
that" There is place like home'-in which to feel
uncomfortable if you've got consumption and it the
hardest place in the world reform your life and
achieve 1t be done, of course, but what's
the use?
At home every step you make against
the current In the camp all you have do is float
with it, It is easier follow the routine, than is
break away from it Instead of being the only dler you
will find scores of others doing exactly the thing
that you doing and delighted swap stories and
temperatures with you all day long Instead OF the
mosphere being of depression, and people hushng
their voices to lower key when they into your
room, you find everybody cheerful and confident for
three-fourhs of them getting better, and the other
fourth think they AT home you the sckest per
SON in the house and compare yourself disadvantage
with everybody In camp there of others,
and you can console yourself with thought that
least half of them off than you It is
tonishing how your selrespec and pick up by
contrast.
1t won't cost you more than 80 40 per to
live there than it will at home the necessary
diet, and you will get at least twice much in the
time Even if you cap stay for only two three
months it is worth times what it by enabling
you learn the ifeo get the habit which you then
continue in your home There not enough of these
camps yet but they cost comparatively little to csab
Iish and every city 5000 population ought to
Ten dollars per capita of its population would
establish large enough take OF all and
S. per capita per year would run it.
II the camp does feasible-though it really
always s-then the roof of porch can be utilized.
impromptu balcony built Aka stills outside of
south window which can be cut down to the floor and
turned into door Even the fat roof of city house
may be utilized for air is air, wherever it found
the open; and SCOT smoke and dust merely dis
agreeable serious, drawbacks to the Then fol-
low the line of feeding already outlined and excellent
percentage of will result though quite so
good or so permanent as those to be achieved in camp
So much for the camp, from the point of view of the
individual From the point of view of the community,
greater and vital than its wonderful power in
curing the disease workers and restoring them
rank of producers is effect in preventing the spread
OF the disease. The camp is not only the best place
where consumption be cured but the only place
where it be absolutely prevented from spreading
We may talk much like about the we'll trained,
conscientious consumptive being of danger
his surroundings but the fact of the matter is that every
third stage consumptive who has to live in the
COON with other persons is and not help being
source of danger If he have separate ROOM
better STILL be kept porch elsewhere in the open
air. the danger may be avoided but otherwise prac
tically scarcely possible
Even if he reaches such pinnacle of scrupuousness
and good breeding always expectorate in cup or
receptacle and endeavors hold his handkerchief be-
fore his mouth whenever he coughs, when the Tackng
coughs begin 10 dozen times in an hour
explosion is almost certain to catch him unaware
or the constant effort becomes than his falling
body and dullng keep up and then thousands
OF the baci sprayed into the air of the room
with each gaspng explosion. Moreover, crowded to-
gether for warmth and shelter, least half OF
workers live, not merely in cities, but and
villages, reports of visiting sadly show that the
difficulties of carrying proper precautions are