Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-25
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
Thc Old, Snd StnrA.

My husband. writes reader. is %
years old. weights IL pounds. and is
Sin feet tall. He has slight spot
in the apex OF right lung. about the size Of
two dollars. 1t is not active lie is an Of
zee worker, hours from 1870 \. VI To =. NJ.
Nervous temperament. but has Very good self
control We plan to go on farm year from
next spring in Nebraska or Colorado We
only discovered the spot abou, six months
ago. would like TO know II a man in his
condition wouldn't gain years Of life by going
on farm. even Ii he has more hardships than
he had in the city. We will have about 50. 600
capital by ,hat ;imc.--Mrs. IL. c. H.
The puest!o" is clcar, although our CORE
Spondcnt evahcs II. Has the man tuberculosis
~ the lung? /! he has. and imaglncs he can
postpone for season a year the proper
mode OF life, the man deserves pity for tn.
hcrculosis has way Of progressing when
treatment is neglected.
If this man had sick child. ana tn. doctor
lived SIX miles away and the man had To walk
TO the doctors office to summon him. would he
postpone that duty and try Il few experiments
OF his own in the way Of ,rca,mcntc
Ii the man has no tuberculosis it would seem
unwisc for him TO attempt to break into farm
life as Il means OF living.
His wife carefully avoids saying whether
he has tuberculosis That Is one OF the curious
psychological features of lung tubcrcu!osis
and Of cancer. TIL. patients and their immc-
aiate relatives are reluctant 10 admit that they
know what is the matter; they eagerly grasp
any assurance or suggestion which may he
offered. no matter by what Incompetent in
truder, that tho trouble isn't what they know
/: is. With cancer, provided ii is not amen
able to radium. surgery or X-ray treatment
this is of no consequence With tuberculosis
1t is often matter of life and death. for the
procrastinat!on. neglect or maltrcatmcnt IN =
outraged by this peculiar negaiIon OF disease
10" often spells tragedy for the misguided
victim.
Cancer is the most dIshcarteuius disease
with which the physician has To cope Tuber-
cu.osis is the most hopeful. tho most curablc.
OF All serious diseases. But. alas! the patient
himself seems bent on opposing ana r.,ardng
his own cure. or. rather. he prefers to gamble
his health and life upon some treatment. any
treatment. that happens to be presented with
sufficient force and piausibility TO appeal to
his rather abnormal imag ton Few vic,i ms
of tuberculosis have not INDUCED at least
temporarily. III some such reckless gambling,
10 the detriment Of their prospects for rccov-
cry. DR.. i.awrason Brown. in his RIFLES for
Rccovcry"-a little book. by the way. which
viii repay any tuberculosis patient to read i:
published by Lea x Fcbigcr. New York City
says. Il am firmly convinced that tubercu-
losis is not cured in less than three or four
years. and that the reason many patients
succumb is because they do not realize that
fact \ patient leaves home for five or six
months. which is Il very short time, and ho
simply gets the road to recovery"
There's one safe course. and only one do
nothing without your own doctors advice.
and follow that advice to the letter through
your cure.