The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
HOW TO CURE CONSUMPTION.
1t is One Of the Most Durable -,
Chronic Diseases in Its Early
StageS-ImpOrtant advice,

StageS-lmpOrtant Advice.
The following, from the North Caro-
lima State Board Of Health. is -
value:
Consumption Is durable. THIS
does not mean that every case II con
sumption can be cured. Advance
cases yield very slowly to treatment
if at all. 1t does not mean that any.
one having consumption will get wei
without making the supreme effori
OF his life. Merely hoping to get We'll
will avail little. To cur even an
early case of consumption requires
an u~nyielding determination on tn,
part Of the patient that he will liz,
according to we'll defined Sanitary am,
hygienic laws.
1.-The first step III the cure of In,
disease is to recognize that the dis
no effort to dodge the fact: Then
away with the idea that the illness is
only a deep-seated cold or 'simply
a bad case Of stomach trouble The
issue must be squarely ~met. Re
member that early cases Of consump-
ton are frequently diagnosed as ma
laria, dyspepsia, etc. Better far, to
take the view that the trouble is con.
sumption and find out later tina it is
AAA@ Vi S40OS ld ia
underestimate the importance OF the
rouble.
The second step Is to provide z
place for living and sleeping in the
open air. BY all means live out OF
doors in the open air and sunshine
whenever the weather permits. II you
can't camp out, put up a tent In your
door yard or back yard. build a sum
parlor on the south side OF ycur
house, Or enclose a porch as a sleep
ing apartment. Don't permit the sides
of the tent to be down, or the Win
doWs OF your sun parior, porch, or
sleeping apartments to be closed OK
cept, to exclude rain or snow.
Proper diet is Of the greatest i'm
portance in h treatment Of consump-
ton. Consumption is a wasting dis
ease. TO counteract this tendency
and to build up the body it is abso-
lutely necessary hat the consumptive
be given n%ourishing foods in abund-
ance. Milk and raw eggs are per-
maps the best articles Of diet known
TOT this purpose. Individual cases
will differ greatly, but in general. .
consumptive will need approximatelv
the following daily allowance Of food:
Two TO three quarts Of milk, three t.
e1sht eggs, -four to eight ounces OF
meat, six to eight ounces of bread.
Two ounces Of butter, one helpinr
eacn or cereal, potatoes, and pudding
Two TO four apples and the Juice OF q
lemon. Some patients will be able t.,
increase this allowance SO per cent
or even more, while others will d,
petter on perhaps 25 per cent less
Plenty Of rest is absolutely neces-
sary. Keep a careful tab on the BODY
temperature and ii the evening tenn
perature runs as high as 100. de-
crease h amount Of physfcal exer-
ion~to half.
Above all things, avoid patent
aneuleihes' cough cures, consumption
cures ana whiskey OIL other alcoholic
orinks. re cheerful, keep clean. bath
oaray, follow the instructions Of Il
cban pe.eH. physician, and your
"a n Tor recovery will be excellent
for further information on this
Ipn ap subject write to the Stat.
t huaro or Health at Raleigh for litera-
e er or TO the National Association
dor the Study and Prevention %
~o'efculosls at New York city"
Lewis Minis 1--