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Every once in while people will
ask, "Do you really think consump-
tion can be cured?" and then, when
they are told that thousands of cases
all over the world bear witness to the
fact Of the durability Of this disease,
they wonder why their several rela-
tives and friends, who died with tu-
berculOsis, were not cured.
Tuberculosis Is curable, but not
every one is cured, and NOT every one
can lie cured. The chief reason why
more consumptives are not cured is
because they have waited too long
before they needed the warning dan
ger signals OF the disease, or because
some doctor to wohm they went did
not recognize this deadly plague. In
its early stages, consumption can be
cured, and the patient can generally
resume his normal life within a Pc
riod ranging from six months to two
years, depending on circumstances.
AS high per centage of actual re-
coveries from tuberculosis may be
found In really early cases who fol-
low the right course of treatment as
in almost any other infectious dis
ease.
What, then, is the right course Of
treatment? This article cannot pre-
scribe for individual cases, but it can
and will tell what are the essentials
in taking the cure for tuberculosis.
First of all, there is a good doctor
on whom you can rely and whose ad-
vice and inspiration is most valuable
to you. He will not give you much
medicine, because there isn't any
drug or "cure" that he can prescribe
that will do more than to relieve
some immediate symptoms, such as
constipation, cough, headache, ETC.
If your doctor begins to talk of
'marvelous remedy" which will cure
you, 1T is time to look for ano-
ther physician. That man is more
than likely a quack and is simply af-
ter your money. There is no sure
or quick "cure" or remedy for t,iber-
culosis that you can buy at drug
store or that doctor can give you.
The second essential III the cure of
tuberculosis is fresh air. 10 the
healthy person the best tonic is fresh
air at work, at play, and during
sleep. TO the consumptive, how
ever, air is medicine. He must take
it in as large doses as he can, the
more the better. 1t may not be easy
for one who has been accustomed to
indoor work to sleep and live out
doors. but since fresh air is vital he
must accustom himeslf to being out
side all he can. At sanatoria for the
treatment Of tuberculosis, patients
are out Of doors on porches or else
where almost all the time. If one Is
at home. he can with little ingcnu-
itv arrange devices for outdoor
sleeping and sitting. The National
tuberculosis Association, los East
22d Street, New York, will send free
Of charge to any one booklet enti-
tied: "Directions for Living and
Sleeping in the Open Air"
The next essential in the cure of
tuberculosis is rest Like fresh air,
rest must be taken as a medicine by
the consumptive. The reason for
rest is evident, when you stop to
think the way the germs of tubercu-
lcsis work. AS they destroy the
tissues OF the lungs or other parts of
the body. they make a wound or
cavity. This wound, like cut on
your finger, will not heal if it is be-
ing opened all the time. TO keep the
lungs as quiet as possible, rest in