78 I I I'-l K< I 1 < >SKS VS X DISKASI- OK I UK M VSSKS 



PatholoRi- 

 cal Proofs 

 of the 

 Curability 

 of 



Consump- 

 tion. 



for treatment in all stages of the disease. Hut, as a whole, 

 these statistics are certainly < i < nniging, an<l the que-tion 

 "Can consumption U- lastingly cured?" may also U- answered 



\\ith a d 

 Not only the living hut even the dead give us absolute proof of 



urability of till" the lungs. In the autopsies 



(post-mortem examination-' of many individuals \\ho have 

 died of Other di-eases than consiimpt ion. healed sears an- found 

 in the lungs, giving the visiNe evidence of a cured tuberculosis. 

 Statistics concerning this occurrence show that the nuinl 

 cases of healed tulxTculosis of the lungs, discovered at autopsies, 

 is nearly twenty-five per cent. 



CHAPTEB XXIV 

 WHAT \i;i: TIII-: M<- Mciuobs TO TREAT AJfD Cm 



SUMPTION? 



Consumption is not cured by <jiiack-. by patent medicines. 

 nostrums, or other secret remedies, hut solely and exclusively by 

 scientific and judicious use of fresh air, sunshine, water, abun- 

 dant and good food 'milk. . vegetables, fruit i, and 

 the help of certain medicinal sub- 1 when the just-men- 

 tioned hygienic and dietetic means do not suffice in themselves 

 to combat the disease. 



The thorough and constant supervision of the pulmonary 

 invalid, the immediate intervention when new symptom- mani- 

 fest themselves or old ones become aggravated or do not dis- 

 appear rapidly enough, the prescribing of proper food and drink. 

 can only be done by the thoroughly trained physician. There- 

 fore, right here 1. i us sound a note of warning: namely, that 

 not the most l>eautiful climate nor the most delightful resort 

 can cure the consumptive patient if he is not wisely guided in 

 his treatment. 



Sometimes this class of patient- think that they feel well 



"Ugh to no longer need to submit themselves to the control 

 of their physician. They think that they may safely put 

 pleasures, sometimes even excesses, or take up work just as 

 Essential to well as healthy people. Such carelessness on the part of a 

 Cure. recovering conMimptive has many a time re.-ulted in a seriou^ 



relapse. 



The thorough belief in the curability of pulmonary tuber- 

 culosis, and the conviction that the hygienic and dietetic t 



Strict 

 Medical 

 Super- 

 vision 



