460 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
that the expectoration was considerably diminished, and there 
was less cough, better nights’ rest, cheerful state of mind, and 
in ten days more she was eating cracked wheat, rice 
puddings; an egg or two per day was taken, and in every 
other way she improved. 
I am convinced that proteids are not needed, nor do they 
answer a good purpose in consumption, and they should be 
only sparingly used. The cry is that mostly poor people die 
of consumption. I am sure the statement is correct only in 
the fact that there are several hundred poor persons to one in 
good circumstances, and where the ratio of each class 1s 
taken, it will be found that as many rich die of consumption 
as do the poor. 
One point may be made out, and that is, people in poor 
circumstances do not die so fast of wasting diseases as the 
rich in the same climate, under the same surroundings. 
Consumptive people must eat more fats, keep in the open air 
as much as possible, sleep in well ventilated rooms, eat 
plenty of vegetable food, with fruits, and keep the body 
warm by wearing flannel next the skin, summer and winter. 
In the opening stage of phthisis, I think a rich vegetable 
diet, plenty of milk and cream, fruit, living in the open air, 
and filling the lungs to their fullest capacity several times a 
day, are prime remedial agents. | 
Were I the victim of consumption, I should go to central 
Georgia, erect a shanty on a dry knoll in the piny woods, let 
the cracks take care of themselves; then I would see that 
I had plenty of woollen cover over me at night. During the 
day I would roam over the hills, and in good weather sleep 
out of doors, in a hammock, under the pine trees. Then for 
my food I would have plenty of first-class hop yeast ligit 
bread, which I would not eat until two or three days old, 
using a very liberal amount of fresh butter and cream. I 
would have fruits in their season, which I would eat in 
moderate quantity; in winter, dried fruit should replace the 
recent. I would eat the yolk of three eggs every day, and, 
