5* TUBERCULOSIS AS \ DISEASE OI I in MASSES 



Crowded strengthen lungs and throat, we will al>o mention and 



Rooms and reciting in the open air. 



Smoking. It is of cour>e. >. If understood that all individuals who 



have an inherited disposition to tuberculosis -hoiild endeavor 

 to live as much as possible in irood. fre-h. pun- air. To \ 

 dancing-halls, saloons, and smoking-rooms can only he <! 1<- 

 ious to such people. Smoking should be prohibit, d for 

 young men \\ith weak chests, and for all people having a 

 tendency to tuberculosis. The smoking of el n- 



ticularly dangerous, since the habit once acquired tends to 



Raising and undermine even a strong constitution. 



Educating '|-| |r j )ro p (T bringing U p o f children that have a tendency 

 to become tuberculous i> ot the -n.it, M importan< -e. Many 

 poor eaters from the day of their birth. Discipline, not to 

 allow too many sweets, to observe regular meal- times and to 

 keep the ho\\vls in good condition, are the be-t means to com- 

 bat a dislike for eating. Children should, as early as possible, 

 be taught to clean their teeth thoroughly h meal, for 



a good digestion is dependent upon the condition of the teeth. 

 The dislike to play outdoors, which is so characteristic of tin 

 little candidates for tubeiculous diseases, can also be over- 

 come only &y discipline. To dress them too warmly and bundle 

 them up all the time is as injurious as having them remain 

 most of the time indoors. Such children should not work 

 hard during their school age. Open-air schools are the ideal for 

 children predisposed by heredity. To spend too many h 

 -it ting down, to do too much brain work, to spend too much 

 time at the piano or in other musical studies, 1 tendency 



to weaken seriously the child predisposed to tul>emilo- 



The more open-air schools we have, not only for the tuber- 

 culously inclined child, but for all children, even those in the 

 best of health, the more elTectually will we decrease 1 ubercii! 

 in adult life. The accompanying pictures of open-air 8ch< 

 1 i:s. 38 and 39, give a good idea of how these school- should be 

 conducted. These illustration- appeared first in the admirable 

 re|x>rt of Mr. Kingsley of the Klizabcth McCormick Open Air 

 School of Chicago. 



Gymna- cises should be recommended to younir people 



of both <e\es and youni: L r irl< especially >hould continue their 

 healtlful outdoor sports after they have left -chool. ( ): 



'esses are injurious in everything, and we wish 

 that, no matter how healthful a sport may be, if carried 01 

 violently or for too long, it must ultimately prove injurious. 



