IXDIAXA JIORTICUI.TURAI, SOCIETY. 349 



House cleaning comes twice a year in all well-regulated families. It 

 would be an easy matter to burn a formaldehyde candle in each room 

 after the furniture and draperies had been removed and the room cleaned 

 and another after everything was put back. This would destroy every 

 germ of whatsoever character. The cost is not great and the benefits 

 could not be measured. If it so be that this dread disease should fasten 

 itself upon one member of your family by the most exacting and careful 

 measures you can limit it and exterminate it. Neglected, it may sweep 

 your home of every loved one. 



Eight years ago when I tirst located in the city of Summitville, a 

 young man came to me suffering with pulmonary tuberculosis. His 

 family consisted of father, mother, two brothers (one married) and one 

 sister. I cautioned them as to the infectious cature of the disease. Dur- 

 ing the pleasant days he sat out in the yard and expectorated. At night 

 he expectorated on a piece of carpet that was placed beside the bed. 

 His health improved in the fall and he went to worij. Three years later 

 his mother died with intestinal consumption; eight months after that his 

 younger brother died with pulmonary consumption and one year later 

 his married brother died with the same malady. A young lady who lived 

 in the same block was stricken with !he same disease. She used to go 

 over, sweep the floor and set the house to rights while the mother lay 

 so ill, though warned against it. Last summer she preceded this young 

 man to the grave two months. Four people went to their death as a 

 result of this man's infection and three homes became a menace to the 

 community, and the end is not yet. 



I have learned since writing this paper that a 17 year old boy who 

 worked in a store with this young man has the disease. I know this boy 

 well. There is no consumption in either his father's or mother's families. 

 He has one brother 21 years old. one 19 and two brothers and two sisters 

 younger. He is allowed to expectorate when he pleases, and so it is an 

 endless chain of sickness, agony and death. To break this chain the 

 medical and lay mind must be as one. Would that we could arouse the 

 people out of this lethargy. 



Mrs. Stevens: I am particularly interested in the fumigating candles 

 spoken of, as to where they may be secured, and how best useu. 



Dr. Charles: You can obtain them at any drug store, and the direc- 

 tions are on the candle. 



Mr. Kingsbury: I would like to hear from the lady if she has had 

 any experience in the treatment of this disease by the outdoor treatment. 

 We hear a great deal about this in the paper, and it seems in many 

 cases to have been effective, and people who have had the disease have 

 taken to living out of doors, breathing only outdoor air. and not going 

 into the house at all excepting for their meals, are getting well. 1 might 



