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tors a skilled physician and a patient with character 

 and an earnest desire to get well, come what may. 

 There is no specific cure for tuberculosis though many 

 cures have been heralded. Reliance must be placed 

 upon rest, nourishment, and fresh air under the guid- 

 ance of the physician. Sanatorium treatment is 

 extremely valuable in training the patient to follow 

 closely rules of conduct as to food, air, and rest, and the 

 more skilled physicians are usually found in sanatoria 

 or in resorts near them. Climate is a relatively unim- 

 portant factor, for recoveries take place in our crowded 

 cities and in all climates. The disease was once sup- 

 posed to be incurable. Not only are most cases cur- 

 able, but thousands of persons who have been cured 

 gladly give this testimony. 



THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS. Preventive 

 measures are primarily those which will prevent the 

 bacilli from entering a healthy body by killing the bacilli 

 as soon as they leave an infected body. If all bacilli 

 coming from tuberculous individuals in the sputum or 

 other discharges could be destroyed and all milk coming 

 from tuberculous cows could be pasteurized, tubercu- 

 losis would soon disappear. Unfortunately, large 

 masses of people do not know this and many persons 

 have tuberculosis who do not know it, or even after they 

 know it they endanger the lives of their families by care- 

 less habits. It is necessary, therefore, to educate the 

 public in so far as is possible; to provide sanatoria for 

 the care and cure of tuberculosis; to provide hospitals or 

 special pavilions for the isolating of the more dangerous 

 advanced cases; dispensaries to care for ambulatory or 



