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When persons sleep together, it makes them apt to take any 
\ disease the other ones have. 
6. Things not to do: 
a. The greatest way for consumption to get to one is by 
the spit from a person who has the disease. So you must 
learn to do without spitting unless you can spit into some- 
thing where it will be washed away or burned. If you all 
grow up with the habit of not spitting unless the spit is to be 
destroyed, it will stop the spread of consumption tremend- 
ously. Don’t spit yourself, and tell others not to do so. 
b. Don’t put in your mouth anything that has come from 
the mouth of another person. This means apple cores, chew- 
ing gum, whistle, candy, etc. 
c. Don’t kiss a sick person. This is a foolish thing to do, 
and don’t let people who are sick kiss you. 
d. If you get thin or have night sweats, see a doctor. If 
you have a cough that lasts over ten days, see a doctor. 
Alphabet for School Children in the Prevention of Tuberculosis. 
A is for Anybody who can help prevent Consumption, a child 
just as well as a grown person. 
B is for Breathing, which you should learn to do deeply. 
Take deep breaths in fresh air often. 
C is for Coughing, which you should never do in anyone’s 
face, nor should you sneeze in anyone’s face. 
D is for Don’t. Don’t swap apple cores, candy, chewing gum, 
ihalf-eaten food, whistles, or anything you put in your 
mouth. 
E is for Eating no fruit that has not been washed or peeled, 
or anything that is not clean. 
E is for Eingers, which should not be put in the mouth nor 
wet to turn the pages of books. 
G is for Giving good example to your fellow pupils and play- 
mates by being always neat and clean, just as much 
so at home as at school. 
I is for Illness of other kinds besides consumption, which 
following these rules will help prevent, such as colds, 
measles, grippe, diphtheria and pneumonia. 
J is for Joints, where children have tuberculosis more often 
than in their lungs. 
K is for Keeping your finger nails clean. A scratch from a 
finger nail may make a bad sore. 
L is for Learning to love fresh air, and not learning to smoke. 
M is for Mouth, which is meant to put food and drink into, 
and not for pins, or money, or anything not good to eat. 
