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granted by cities for the same purpose, to say nothing of the 

 vast sums given by private subscription for the suppression 

 of the white plague. 



505. Various Agencies at Work in this Crusade. The 

 campaign against consumption in the various states is along 

 two lines : First, that which is done by sanatoriums and 



FIG. 173. Outdoor School for Consumptive Children, 

 Franklin Park, Boston. 



(Chair bags of weatherproof canvas lined with blanketing, and special 

 ulster coats, wool mittens, and stockings and overshoes keep the 

 children warm in all weathers.) 



hospitals ; second, that which is being done outside of these 

 institutions by medical men, boards of health, anti-tuberculo- 

 sis associations, and so on, in teaching people how to live in 

 their own homes. 



Almost every country has one or more public sanato- 

 riums for the relief of early, curable cases. In this country 



