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Public drinking cups. The public drinking cup is another 

 means of spreading the disease. Tuberculous people use 

 these cups, and in the saliva left on the edge are thousands 

 of the bacteria, which are taken into the mouth of the next 

 person using the cup. 



Cure of tuberculosis. The cure of tuberculosis consists 

 in the employment of three things : fresh air (night and day), 



Good food. Rest. 



FIG. 153. Helps in the cure of consumption. 



plenty of good, nourishing food, and rest. All medicines ad- 

 vertised as cures for this disease are useless and worse than 

 useless, even when they are not actually harmful. It is not 

 necessary for one to go to any particular climate, the essential 

 thing being a location where a constant supply of pure, fresh 

 air may be obtained. 



Window tent. The window tent is an excellent device for 

 use in winter to secure fresh air without cooling the room 

 in which the patient is sleeping. This is simply a frame 

 covered with canvas, resting on the head of the bed and so 



