Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-01-17
HOW TO CURE CONSUMPTION,
Il Is One efthe Most curable of Chronic
Diseases In its Eafy Stages.

Consumption is curable.
q This does not mean that every
] case Of consumption can be
' cured. Advanced cases yield
very slowly to treatment if at
Q all. It does not mean that
] anyone having consumption
3 will get we'll without making
the supreme effort of his life.
Merely hoping to get we'll
t will avail little. To cure
! even an early case of con-
, sumption requires an un>
yielding determination on
the part of the patient that
: he will live according to we'll
defined sanitary and hygienic
laws.
The first step in the cure
of the disease is to recognize
: that the disease exists. Once
established, make 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.
Remember that early cases
of consumption are frequent>
ly diagnosed as malaria or
dyspepsia, etc. Better far,
to take the view that the
, trouble is consumption and
find out later that it is
malaria or something else,
) than to underestimate the
importance Of the trouble.
J The second step is to pro-
vide a 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 per-
mits. If you can't camp out,
put up a tent in your door
, yard or back yard, build a
sun parlor on the south side
Of your house, or enclose a
porch as a sleeping apart~
ment. Don't permit the
! sides of the tent to be down,
: or the windows of your sun
l.oa- ''rr porch. Or sleeping
apartments to De closed ex-
} cept, to exclude rain or snow.
Proper diet is of the great
est Importance in the treat>
: ment Of consumption. The
disease Of consumption is a
wasting disease. To counter
act this tendency and to
, build up the body it is abso>
lutely necessary that the con-
} sumptive be given nourish~
t ing foods in abundance.
! Milk and raw eggs are per-
haps the best articles of diet
3 known for this purpose. In
divi1ual cases will differ
greatly, but in general, a
, consumptive will need ap>
! ! proximately the following
daily allowance of food: two
, to three quarts of milk, three
t to eight eggs, four to eight
j ounces of meat, six to eight
j., ounces Of bread, two ounces
of butter, one helping each
cereal, potatoes, and pudding
: two to four apples and the
: juice of a lemon. Some
patients will be able to in
(, crease this allowance so per
g cent or even more, while
; others will do better on per-
haps 25 per cent less.
! Plenty of rest is absolute~
e ly necessary. Keep a care~
;. full tab on the boby tempera'
ture and if the evening
temperature runs as high as
> 100, decrease the amount OF
:, physical exertion to half.
! Above all things, avoid
: patent medicines, cough
Q cures, consumption cures, ,
: and whiskey or other alco>
d holic drinks. Be cheerful,
: keep clean, bathe daily, fol-
e low the instructions of g
Y competent physician. and
> your chances for recovery
;. will be excellent.
q For further information or
: this important subject write
S to State Board of Health al
4 Raleigh for literature Or tt
e the National Association fol
D the Study and Prevention o1
; Tuberculosis. at New York
), N. Y.
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