The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-10
By pr. David H; Reeder. La Porte.

fBy pr. David Fl. Reeder, La Porte, 2. Indiana)
 PENUMONIA-Th is the time of the year when pneumorIa-commonly known, as lung fever-prevails to the greatest extent and is most severe. It Is an alarming aff ication and yet un- der simple treatment is readily cured In the average case It is most dan gerous to those persons who have been addicted to incorporate habits, of any kind, though the individual may seemingly be very strong and gener- ally healthy. Tn the cases of persons who are constitutionaIy frail any dis ease is proportionaly more danger ous, and pneumonia, of course, is no exception.
 Always the very best advice that can be given concerning any disease Is to- avoid having it, which may be done-everything else being equal-Dy steadfast precaution, which, for the most part, is careful living; the avoid ance of intemperance in all things; not only intemperance in. the use of stimulants and narcotics, or the eat ing of foods that are 'noton ously hard on the stomach; or any sort of un- -Tns Home Health Club method Of treatment Is simple and practical ana may be used with equal success far out in the wilderness, in the humblest cabin, or in the mansion of the mill lionaire. It has been successfully tried in almost all conditions of life. and has been adopted by many able phyStciauS. 4Who heretofore re-led 70 ten disastrously-upon more complicated methods. And yet the method of the Horne Health Club is from the oldest pie method. This remedy is water, Hydro-therapy, is the big word by which 1t is known, scientifically, but simple water cure is a better name.
 The crisis in pneumonia may appear either at the third, fifth, seventh or even as late the ninth day, and this must be remembered when treating it, so as to be prepared to meet tt- Tine greatest danger at this period Is the liability of heart failure. and ner- vous breakdown. The temperature Of The patient must also be carefully watched, because persistent high fever is a great tax on the hearts power, demanding of 1t extra action, and 1t also increases the discomfort of the patient at @ time when discomfort de- creases his ability to withstand his other sufferings. If the patients tenn peFature is more than 1o2, Fahrenheit, e9forts-should be made to reduce it. = Previously. certain drugs derived from coaI-tar were used as the means Of redudng fever temperature- They were known as anti-febrile agents meaning against fever" To some extent these coal-tar products are still used but not nearly so much. The best remedy to reduce temperature in the patient without distressing him, Is to place a hot water bottle at his feet
 
 what is meant-H-O-T. Then apply a cold compress cold water pack-to the base of the brain-the back of the head, renewing it as soon as 1t be- comes the least bit warm. In this manner of reducing the temperature, a too sudden reduction must be care fully avoided. This can be done by simply using the treatment with less viEor.
 Of course, it is absolutely necessary that those in charge of a pneumonia patient must have a ethical thermom- eter The temperature should be taken with this Instrument every three or four hours, while there is any fever, and while the treatment for re- ducing the temporal ature Is proceeding, as directed above, 1t should be taken very frequently. Sometimes it runs to 10e, and even to no degrees, but from 102 to 106 is the average. It Is safe to reduce this at the rate of two or three degrees per hour.
 A highly important matter in this treatment is the ventilation of the efck-room- Keep 1t well supplied with pure, fresh air, even at the expense of the rooms temperature. It is a great mrstake to think that patients suffering from pneumonia must not be allowed Ito breathe a particle of cold air. on account of the weakened con-