COLUMBIA LIBRARIES OFFSITE HS00068497 RECAP €oUese of S^^v^itimi anb burgeons! Digitized by tine Internet Arcliive in 2010 witli funding from Open Knowledge Commons http://www.archive.org/details/howtoavoidconsumOOchar f ^ — ^ -^-^ -% HOW TO AVOID CONSUMPTION (TUBERCULOSIS) SOME FACTS Every three minutes someone in the United States dies from con- sumption. 1 0,000 persons died from it in New York City last year. One person of every seven who die in New York City dies of con- sumption. CONSUMPTION Constimption is caused by a living germ in the lungs. The body of a healthy person will resist its growth and may kill the germs, but in a weak body and without proper care the germs multiply until the lungs are consumed and the person dies. These germs are found in the sputum (spit) of a consumptive: in small numbers in the very early stages of the disease; in larger numbers as the disease progresses; and in countless" millions in the late stages. Among the earUer symptoms which one can observe and which should lead him at once to con- sult a physician are: sHght cough, lasting a month or longer; loss of weight; sHght fever in the after- noon; night sweats; bleeding from the lungs. HOW THE GERMS OF CONSUMPTION AReIcABRIED FROM THE SICK TO THEJV^t!- CW(StHmveSPrmM«raiORlTHE spit Df/lftANOCARELESS I^LS™,^,? FLIES fEtWNGONIT.CJRBY I«£ SWEEPIKS.DUSTINS OR ORAUGnTS unmFsnp raui«J, 6ERMS OF THE DISEASE TO fOOO. IcAUSE THE GERMS TO FUDAT IN TT1E AIR. CONSUMPTIONS ALLIES- AVOID THEM/^»0 YW ARE SAFEGUARDING AGAINST THE DISEASE INTEMPERANCE OTHER EXCESSES THE CLBSED WINDOiy OVERWORK ,^" " MOUTH BREATHING 5H0KE AND OUST oftekouetoadenoks IN CASE OF consumption! LOOK TO THESE FOR CURE THE DOCTOR. SUNLIGHT. OUT-DOO;? AIR. GOOD FOOD. REST. A CAREFUL CONSUMPTIVE.- 4MCCROUS TO LIVE WITH. ^Jy \'^s££P:S^^7g~ ^-l5""-°^'1tv /.WHS USES THE SAHf COUGHS, SPITS AND I ^°t'~~^ „• ^ -ii^Ii-^ »«£HES HEH HANDS D.SHES AND BOIES THEM OR PUTS IT INTO 01 TORE AMO AFTEII EATIKG- IN WAIEBOEFORE WASHING „„ „. , A DISINFECTANT,- WrlH OTHER DISHES.- A«D SLEEPS ALONE Banner used in the New York State Defiartment of Health Traveling Exhibit and shown at the Internation"*! Congress ^^ Tuberculosis Designed (Aw«r (Ae direction of llethui D. Pease, U. D., by C. W. Felherojf i THINGS TO REMEMBER Fresh air is as necessary to healtli as pure and nourisliing food. People should not sleep m over- crowded rooms, nor with closed windows. Homes and work-shops must be clean and thoroughly ventilated. Dirt and impure air are the allies of consumption. Persons with colds or coughs of long standing or persons who are losing in weight or strength should consult a doctor, or go to a dis- pensary or chnic. It is dangerous to wait. The habit of careless spitting promotes the disease. The consumptive person spits out minions of germs in a single day and when the spit dries these germs are blown about and find their way into other people's lungs. Sick persons should burn their spit. Though no one should ever sleep with a consumptive, a careful con- sumptive is not dangerous to those with whom he lives and works. The large majority of people probably have tuberculosis in their systems, but they do not become sick with it because they take good care of their general health and strength. THINGS GOOD FOR WEAK LUNGS Fresh air in plenty prevents consumption. Sunshine kills the germs. Choose simny rooms. Open the windows and let the air in. Keep the house clean. If a consiunptive has moved out of a room, give it and the furniture a good scrubbing with soap and water. Be in the open air as much as you can. Outdoor work is vastly better than indoor work. Keep the feet dry. Breathe with deep, long, full breaths, so as to carry the fresh air to every comer of your lungs. Do this every day for several minutes in the morning and at night with the windows open or while out of doors. Breathe through the nostrils and not through the mouth. Spend your money for simple food — milk and eggs, good fresh meat, cereals, vegetables, bread and butter, and fruit. Live a regular life; get plenty of rest and sleep. A daily sponge or tub bath is good when followed by a brisk rub, preferably upon rising. Courage is very important. Consumptives can be helped and many are cured. THINGS BAD FOR WEAK LUNGS Dirty shops and stores, over- crowded living and sleeping rooms, dirty saloons and dance halls, dusty kinds of business, are bad for weak lungs. Self-indulgence and intemper- ance are very bad. Vice which weakens the strong kills the weak. Patent medicince, even those which claim to cure consumption, are bad for weak lungs, because they contain a large amount of alcohol. WHAT TO DO If you think you have con- sumption, go at once to a private physician or to a tuberculosis clinic or dispensary. Information with regard to tu- berculosis will at all times be cheerfully furnished by this Committee. Lists of clinics, hospitals, sana- toria, and country boarding houses that will take people suffering with this disease will be suppKeo. vjxx request. COMMITTEEIONJTHE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS OF THE ^ 41. CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Rooms 617-622 105 EAST 22d STREET FOR YOU Do not lay this leaflet aside without reading it because you think it does not apply to you. You may have consump- tion and not know it. Many persons have the disease for months before finding it out. 10,000 persons fall prey to the disease each year in New York City. You or some one of your family or your friends may be the next victim. Pre- vent this before it is too late. 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