The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-12-16
TUBERCULOSIS VII.


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with tuberculosis TO try TO treat him
self. He should be under the direct
care Of competent physician.
However, IL he Is not beScured Of his
malady, IL will not be by taking Of
drugs, but by observing certain rules
Of living which are essential but
which the busy doctor may not have
time or patience TO explain to him
These rules Of living are:
First, plenty Of good fresh air, day
and night.
Second, plentiful, easily digested
diet.
Third, freedom from care and
worry.
Fourth, a willingness and the
ability to rest when rest Is needed
Fifth, when the patient has enough
money so that he can live with all
the comforts he is accustomed to at
home, il is wise for him to go TO
Colorado, New Mexico, or some other
dry mountain climate.
We will consider these points in
order.
The best plan TO assure a good
supply Of good fresh air is to con-
struct a sleeping porch of the bed
room in which you sleep. The porch
should be at least ten feet square
and screened. There should -.
double doors between the bedroom
and the porch and the bed should
have large castors so that II can be
easily rolled in and out. In hot
weather the bed should be clear out.
As the weather gets cold and stormy
the bed can be drawn in as far as
is desired to avoid the elements. In
this way the patient can always have
perfectly fresh air but need never
be exposed overmuch. No person
however healthy should sleep in a
close room, and II is death to tu-
bercular to do so.
As to food, the patient should
eat an abundant diet consist
sisting Of the ordinary mixed diet,
but especially rich in milk, meat
and eggs. II is a mistake to stuff
tubercular patient with even the
best food. The stomach is the best
friend he has and he must be care
full that he does not overload il and
bring on indigestion, for then he has
defeated his purpose entirely He
should eat as much as he can readily
digest and no more. II he finds that
he cannot digest large meal. II may
be wise for him to take a glass Of
milk or an eggnog between meals.
II is hard for a tubereular to keep
his mind free from care and worry
but it is necessary for him to do so
One of the advantages of leaving
home and going to a sanitarium Is
that the patients in a sanitarium are
taught 10 be cheerful. They soon
get to believe that they are going to
get well and they take a sane hope,
full view Of life.
The fourth point is the most i'm.
portant Of all. II is absolutely neces
sary TO recover that the patient
should be in bed if he has any tenn.
perature at all above normal. BY
this | mean that every tuberculai
should have a thermometer and use
l.. II he feels the least bit as il
he has temperature, he should tax,
il three or more times a day. ard Il
he finds that IL is above normal al
any time in the day, he must go Il
bed and stay there. The length Of
time that he is to stay in bed de
ponds on how continuous and how
high the temperature is. If il comes
up every day, or If IL goes yer,
high, say to 101 or 1902, he shoul,
stay in bed till IL has run norma
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at all When il is established at nor
NAL, for several days he may get NJ
and move about very carefully, grad
ually increasing his activity an,
watching his temperature CAREFUL,
to be sure he is playing safe Ris'
in temperature means an active dis
ease process and one is sure to los'
his fight and go down TO an earl!
! grave, II he keeps up and about whei
his temperature is above normal.
cannot emphasize this point 10,
strongly The fact that most PEG
pie who have pulmonary tuberculo
, sis die Of II is due directly to tn
fact that this important point is no
strictly observed. I honestly believ,
that il all tuberculars would invaria
, bly, go TO bed for several days when
; ever the temperature goes allow
normal a very large percent Of then
would live TO old age.
Now as to change Of climate