DUST AND ITS DANGERS. 



few years, and even many intelligent physi- 

 cians are not yet sufficiently impressed with 

 the inexpressible importance of scrupulous 

 cleanliness in tuberculosis to urge it as they 

 should. 



The way, then, to most efficiently stop the 

 prevalence of this distinctly preventable dis- 

 ease is evidently to see that the sputum of 

 consumptives is properly disposed of. When 

 this is practicable it should be received in 

 small paper cups, 1 made for this purpose, and 

 as soon as possible burned. The reception of 

 the sputum upon fabrics of any sort is always 

 to be deprecated. 



The reason why the use of cloths or hand- 

 kerchiefs for the reception of the expectoration 

 in consumption should be as much as possible 

 avoided is that on these the material very 

 readily dries, and, becoming detached with or 

 without the minute particles of fabric, readily 

 floats off in an inhalable condition into the air. 

 For the same reason, great care should be 

 exercised by consumptives to avoid the soiling 

 by sputum of woollen garments from which 



1 These are now in the market and sold cheap by druggists, 



