Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-28
THE COST or HEALTH SEEKING.

y "Langc nf climate i~ apt a. w. look.
~ upon as p panacca for the ills of the
flesh. hut one that j. ufi.u dinicult or
impossible oi realization for financial rca-
SOILS. Nevertheless. We daily hear of
cl>r> IN which families have achieved the
impossible. h1 diut M heroic labor and
sacrifice. Al sending invalid members M
health Resorts a. which distance lends the
rurhiutmcui MI hope sometimes destined
Y" prove altogether illu>ur,. Whether wv
NOT thc lungcd for cure IL ultimatrl, cf
irclri climatic treatment IT,. ia The aver
age rJ>e. 80 expensive that itS implica-
tons should b. thoroughly understood hv
the invalid aud his friends before he
leaves hnHlc. and it'll obviously desirable
thai all physicians should BE- able a. en-
Tighten their patients ou th~ subject.
pr. Thompson Frazer NJ N>hryillc has
contributed to the Nil. :. Public Health
Frpnri~ \ paper entitled Tuberculosis:
tIr Financial Aspect W the Sick Leaving
ll"nr in >rdrch ~ Il Beneficial Climate"
in which h. calls attention to the fact
mat tuberculosis patients too often fail
y" real ~ the iuHlitN Of visiting u health
resort unless provided with sufficient
luld~ 60 insure suitable li,in. conditions
Nhllr ihcrr and " STAY long enough IN IN
'H'nrr' dL. iir SAWS. "\ large proportion
"i people. Including lhc medical rrnic~
SION, seem ~ ~ uniformed WI This most
important pha>e uf the tuberculosis >itu.
no rn: aud he gives some valuable ~.
ufr> a> the fruit ~ his own experience
1ul observation az the we'll known North
carolina resort.
u .t.r,I.I, -
'h' disease 81 the many. not nf he fa,-
"''' lr" INC vast majority nf The suffer.
'f~ l".He those who livr from hand IN
mouth amt Who cam >r I'M afford \ >u,.
pension M their daily labor that the AL.
ease usually REACHES au advanced Stnua
~'"llahding a correspondence long pcri.
~ "i treatment before they seek T, ,ure
'hal entails Inactivity. n Is. ion nre.
'ilihrhtlN "a disease of the earlier wears
~ productive life. with 4 maximum NOR.
fanny between the ages nf "a and 10 -
H>lrIFrS clown The -agcrarnrr who has
h"l Viii hld time tn make much. IL any
provision Tor such nn emergency
~ estimating The expense ~ treatment
'' = hvlllh resort several Glci> are com.
hl'lilN overlooked. ln the first nlaoc i
>hori STAY J. generally useless. Many n,.
8AHAN HNN"
TENTS arrive at A>hcyille nearly in>ol.
vent expecting to hc cured in = few vr,.L.
when at least ten months NAV be renui.
site. N such eases the money spent ~
travelling expenses could BE- used IL much
hrlirr advantage IN home treatment
Ngain. HI matri>. according M DR. Fra.
yer. me feast important ~ I'M the fac.
tors that make for Improvement III tuler.
culo>i>. and unless supported ia the -.
>entiaist- reSh mir. good food prnper err.
The most perfect climate must prove
valncleSS. Good food aud care are ex.
p'nSlve. Economy in these essentials may
defeat the object Of the visit Thus. while
iimav ~ possible 10 Get \ room az tho
third floor of an A>hcyillr boarding hnu.p
with board for - Y week. while \ first
floor room cat~S 40 or 81 thc oNrrtion
~ climbing stairs may IT, more thar the
patient can safely undertake. There are
various extras" Of which the patient
perhaps knows nothing until his arrival.
y minimum expense of 500 for a ten