CONTAGIOUS DISEASES 



309 



atically increased with the gain in weight and general 

 condition. 



Frequent baths, followed by brisk rubbing to keep 

 the third lung, the 

 skin, in active con- 

 dition, are very use- 

 ful. If the body 

 is gradually accus- 

 tomed to cold water, 

 the morning cold 

 bath may be of 

 great value. In 

 brief, much that is 

 given in the chap- 

 ters on food, air, 

 water, and exercise 

 may be profitably 

 reread in this con- 

 nection. One point 

 generally agreed 

 upon is that alco- 

 holic drinks of any 



kind hinder, rather 

 than help, a pa- 

 tient's recovery. It 

 is also true that any one who has previously been ad- 

 dicted to the use of such drinks is less likely to 

 recover because of that habit. 

 The tuberole bacilli also attack other parts of the 



Raybvook Sanitarium, Adirondacks. On the 

 Porch in Cold Weather. 



