The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-05-03

home.
The improvement noted at sanitaria
located in various parts of the eoun-
try is due, not to the climate, but to
the strict regime which the patient is
compelled to observe.
Results in the Chicago Municipal
tuberculosis sanitarium are, there
fore, just as good as those recorded
in sanitaria in the Adirondacks or
Arizona. Climate as a cure of this or
any other disease is a delusion.
Apropos the good to be derived
from residence in sanitarium, it may
be said that months sojourn in a
sanitarium is a good way to start the
course of treatment. 1t teaches the
patient how to order his life on a
fixed schedule, rigidly followed. The
habits of system and regularity
learned there he takes home with him,
and in doing SO gives himself the
benefit of sanitarium advantages
without its disadvantages.
This is made all the more necessary
by the usual difficulty experienced in
the management of the tubercular
patient who is neither sick enough to
be confined in bed, nor we'll enough
to go to work. Many people still
think that patients with tuberculosis
should go away" and that the ones
who stay are doomed. This makes
for fatalistic attitude on the part of
the patient and a Discrimination to CO.
operate with those who are trying to
help him back to health.
Chances of Recovery Just as
GOOD at Home
1t such patient can be made to
realize that his chances for recovery
are just as good at home, provided he
observes certain fundamental prin-
ciples he will fall in line with the pro-
gram outlined for him, and the
chances of recovery then will be all
in his favor.
1t is insufficient to merely tell the
patient what he should do. A sched-
ule should be given him with the ad-
monition that he read it often enough
to serve as constant reminder of
what he is to do. | give my tuber-
cular patients typewriter sheets out
lining in detail all they are to do, and
in this way they get the best of what
a sanitarium affords, the part of SAM
tarlum treatment" which, in nv
opinion, is responsible for 80 per cent
OF the good results of institutional
care.
The schedule which follows must
necessarily be modified to fit the in
dividual case, but is a good founda-
ton on which to build the regime
which the patient is to observe.
Diet
Eat three we'll balanced meals at
regular periods.
Use the kinds of foods to which
you are accustomed and like, of good
quality, and trifle more than the
average amount.
Have the dietary contain foods rich
in vitamins A and D:
(A) Cod liver oil, milk, butter,
cream, kidney, beef heart, calves
liver, sweetbreads, whole wheat bread,
peas, beans, onions, cabbage, carrots,
spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, cauli-
flower, Brussels sporuts, oranges,
peaches, plums, pears.
Cd Cod liver oil, eggs, lettuce, en-
dives, cress, nuts.
Specimen Menu
This may be modified-being more
or less basic.
Soup: Oatmeal or cream soups.
Cereals: Oatmeal, farina, cream of
wheat, wheatena, etc.
Eggs: In all forms except fried.
Two eggs (raw) in orange juice each
lay.
Fish: Fresh cod, bass, halibut
(broiled or boiled with cream sauce);
fresh lake fish (broiled or boiled
never fried.
Meats A small portion of rare beef
vice week. Lamb, turkey, or
chicken once daily. Calves liver
vice a week.
Cheese: Any mild variety.
Vegetables: All kinds literally, es-
oecially those listed under the vita
nins. Vegetables should be steamed
II cooked, not boiled
Fruits: Oranges whole and juice,
emon juice, grapefruit, apple sauce,
Bread: Whole wheat.
Butter: Fresh, unsalted butter. or
alt butter worked over in fresh
water, six or eight pats a day.
DESSERTS Use very little sugar in
esserts. Cream and egg desserts of
ii kinds, especially blanc mango,
loating island, cup custard, junket,
oft bread or rice pudding, Bavarian
ream. Gelatin desserts containing
title flavoring. Stewed fruits of all
inds, prepared with very little sugar.
nd taken with or after (never be-
ore) meals.
Drenks: Cream, milk, cocoa, water.
Weak coffee and tea sparingly.
IL.