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How the 

 Window- 

 tent can 

 be Utilized 

 for the 

 Rest-Cure 

 on the 

 Reclining 

 Chair by 

 Day. 



can also be put n for the rest-cure during the day. 



Tli,' U-,1 i< movrd :i\\:iv. ami the reclining chair put in its place. 



The 1 ary height by wooden 



blocks or a platform, and with the aid of blanket.- and com- 

 11 tin- ron in \cluded, and tin- patient, 



being in front <>f the open window. 



lies only outdoor air. \Yhei 

 ginning this aTotherapy, it i 

 course essential that il must he done 

 gradually according to the sUBCepti- 

 liility of the patient to the cold, h 

 should, however, he impressed upon 

 him that night air is as pure a* day 

 aii. It is best to begin by pi. 

 hijn in the tent for a few hours at 

 night, and a few hours during the day 

 in the chair. The attending physieian 

 will regulate all this so as to get the 

 patient gradually accustomed to live 

 in the pure cold air day and night. A 



hot-water bottle for the feet either in bed or in the chair may 

 often be necessary in extreme cold weather. The pati- 

 must be kept warm if he is to benefit by the open-air-treatment. 

 The hygienic precautions concerning the expectoration must. 

 of course, be carried out in the private home a< rigorously 

 the institution. Thus, if the patient has an earnest deter- 

 mination to do his duty, confidence in his physician, and tin- 

 good will of the friends and relatives who live with him, it is 

 possible to make even a modest home temporarily suitable 

 for the sanatorium treatment. 



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CHAPTER XXIV 



WHAT AIM: PUBLIC, STATE, Mi \i< II-AI.. OK PRIVATE SANATORIA? 



To enable the poorer classes to avail themselves of the advan- 

 tages of institution treatment for consumptives, noble-minded 

 men and women, philanthropists, statesmen, and physicians 



have in recent years Ix-en instrumental in creating in many 

 parts of Europe and in the I'nited States so-calle- <-oun- 



try, or municipal sanatoria. All such institutions in the 

 t'nited States are establishment f.r the exclusive treatment 



