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Show "NIGHT SWEATS" A WARNINC Proof of Disorder in the Alimentary Canal. According to John Nelson Goltra, A. M., M. D. The "night sweats" which come on some times in the early stages of consumption con-sumption are due. not to the presence of the tubercle bacilli in the lungs, but to the absorption of poisons from the disordered alimentary canal. The proofs of this statement are. Hrst, that the night sweats sometimes occur when there is no other evidence of tuberculous infection, and secondly, that when the intestinal tract Is thoroughly thor-oughly purified the night sweats will invariably stop, if after that the strength is carefully conserved, and good fresh air is admitted to the lungs night and day, and a wholesome and varied diet containing only small proportions of proteids (lean meat, white of egg and cheese), out plenty of starches and sugars, and a moderate moder-ate amount of fats is supplied, the person will go on slowly to overcome the disease and get well. But ir, as usually happens, unfortunately, unfortu-nately, the digestive errors are not corrected, the sweating and the wasting wast-ing of the body go on. In later stages both these are increased by the poisoning from the lungs, and by Insufficient In-sufficient aeration of the blood. |