The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-12-04
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Is tuberculosis Durable?


- VERY once in a while people will ask "Do you really think
Consumption can be curedf'; and then, when they are told
the fact of the durability of this disease, they wonder why
their several friends and relatives, who died with tuberculosis, were
tuberculosis is durable, but not everyone is cured, and not
ersfy got c a De ' because the tbeS Sh Rava Psn wsifeS Th TOO more io1e 'G befop m thes
needed the warning danger signals of the disease, or because some
It's early stages, consumption can be cured, and the patient can gen.
orally resume his normal life within a period ranging from six
eentage of actual recoveries from tuberculosis may be found in
really early cases who follow the right course of treatment al in
What then, is the right course of treatment? This article can
the essentials in taking the cure for tuberculosis.
whose advice and inspiration is most valuable to you. He will not
give you much medicine, because there isn't any drug or "cure"
date symptoms, such as Constipation, cough, headache, etc. If
you, it is time you looked for another physician. That man is
more than likely a quack and is simply after your money. There is
buy at a drugstore or that a doctor can give you.
the healty person the best tonic is fresh air at work, at play, and
during sleep. To the consumptve, however, air is medicine. He
may not be easy for one who has been accustomed to indoor work
to sleep and live outdoors, but since fresh air is vital, he must accus-
ment of tuberculosis, patients r out of doors on porches OF elsewhere
Utmost all the time. II N IS at nome, n e cn WIN a h me nge emu
tuberculosis Association, los East 22nd Street, New York, will
Living and Sleeping in the Open Air r..
The next essential. in the cure of tuberculosis Is rest. Like fresh
air, rest must be taken a s a medicine by the consumptime. The
reason for rest is evident, when you stop to think the way the
q r other parts of the body, they make a wound or a cavity. This
wound, like a cut on your finger, will not heal if it is being opened
all the time To keep the lungs as quiet as possible, rest IN bed, or
in a reclining chair is absolutely necessary. The dose of rest you
take will depend on your doctors advice. He will tell you when you
can get out of bed and when you can exercise and how much. But
first and foremost you must learn to rest, in order to give the lungs
a chance to heal.
Besides a good doctor, fresh air and rest, the cure for tubercu-
Iosis requires good, wholesome food. In normal health, food Of
the right kind is very necessary, but in tuberculosis it is douby i'm
portant. Food is the fuel which heats the body and gives it its
energy or you might almost say 'steam." In tuberculosis one
must pay special attention to food, because he has to provide fuel
not only for the ordinary functions of the body, but he must pro-
vide a. additional supply to meet the waste and damage done by the
germs of the disease. This doesn't mean that you must be continue
ally stuffng yourself, for if you do that you will upset your stomach,
might do. Neither does it mean that you must eat just one or two
kinds of food, such as milk and eggs, which some people think are
a cure for tuberculosis. They are excellent foods for people who
Gan eat and digest them readily, and every consumptive should try
to acquire an appetite for them. But meat and potatoes and bread
and butter and good vegetables and almost any other nourishing,
wholesome food in plenty of variety are needed also. Don't rely
on tid-bits and sweets, but stoke your body furnace with foodfuel
that will keep it running in the best possible order. Your doctor IS
the best one to advise on foods.
And, finally, a last essential in the cure of tuberculosis may be
summed up in these words: "Don't worry Keep a hopeful state
well, no matter how patiently you follow the other essentials OF
a cure. Getting well depends for the most part on you. Backbone,
hopefuIness and courage will do more for you than all the doctors
In the world.
Just a word as to where to take the cure. If you can go to a
sanatorium, do so. There are not enough sanatoria for everyone,
however. So you may have to stay at home and fight alone. Re-
member, tuberculosis can be cured if you take it in time and do
your part.
[NoTE.This is the Last of a Series of Five Articles furnished by
the N. =. Antl-Tuberculoss League, Newark, N. J1
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