XXV ON SUGGESTIONS FOR PATIENTS "In pulmonary tuberculosis the notes of personal experience mature too late and cannot be discounted." It has been thought wise to reprint the following summary of suggestions for patients. The explanations of these suggestions have been given elsewhere. Eggs-2 to 6 a day Milk-2 to 6 glasses Meat (at 2 meals) Food Lunches-10:30, 3:30, 9, when ordered No alcohol Baths Warm, at least one a week at bedtime Cold sponge to the waist at least every morning Sleep out of doors or in tent, except in winter 8.00 8.30 10.30 Milk (hot if desired) if necessary Warm water for washing. Cold sponge Out of doors in chair or on bed Lunch when ordered 11-1 Exercise or rest as ordered 1-2 2-4 Dinner. Indoors not over one hour, less if possible Rest in reclining position. Reading, but no talking allowed. Take temperature 3.30 Lunch when ordered 4.00 Exercise when ordered 6.00 Supper 7.00 Out on good nights 8.00 Take temperature 9.00 Lunch and bed Once or twice a week a hot bath, followed by cold sponge Always stop any medicine that upsets stomach. A hemorrhage does not mean that you are hopelessly worse, or cannot be cured. Remember that the porch is the most essential feature of the house. BIBLIOGRAPHY “My never failing friends are they with whom I converse day by day." New York, 1912, The National Association for the FLICK (LAWRENCE F.) Consumption: A Curable and Preventable Disease. Philadelphia, 1903, David McKay GALBREATH (THOMAS CRAWFORD) Chasing the Cure in Colorado 289 Fourth Avenue, New York, 1915, Journal of the Outdoor Life Publishing Company GALBREATH (THOMAS CRAWFORD) T. B. Playing the Lone Game Consumption. 289 Fourth Avenue, New York, 1915, Journal of the Outdoor Life Publishing Company GARDNER (CHARLES) The Care of the Consumptive New York, 1900, G. P. Putnam's Sons Gibbs (Winifred F.) Lessons in the Proper Feeding of the Family New York, 1909, Association for Improving the New York, 1908, Ginn & Company HAWES (JOHN B., 2d) Consumption: What It Is and What to Do Boston, 1915, Small, Maynard & Company About It. HUTCHINSON (WOODS) The Conquest of Consumption New York, 1910, Houghton, Mifflin & Company KNOPF (S. A.) Tuberculosis: A Preventable and Curable Disease New York, 1909, Moffat, Yard & Company KNOPF (S. A.) Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses and How to Combat It. New York, 1913, F. P. Flori |