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Show TRAVEL FCR CONSUMPTION. Beneficial Heels ef Open Air TJf on Hereditary Snljcct. Dr. Henry L. Bowditch has given the CU-matologicsd CU-matologicsd association aa account of the treatment which seems to hare cotuifcsractsd a strong tendency to consumption ia his owa family. In 1503 his father, then 85 years old, was undoubtedly threato4 with consumption. consump-tion. Ou August 20 of that yar, when thus ill, ha storied from Salant, Mans:, with a friend as his companion ad drtrcr, ia aa open one hcrsa chaisa, toe a tour through Nevr England. Tha trip lasted thirty days and covered TSi mllos. During ebe tima ha pawed from tha dfegp?i mental discouragement discourage-ment and physical weakness ft rough all stag38 of feeling - up te a real enjoyment of life. His journey, though banoflttnj; aim immensely, im-mensely, probably did not wholly oare him, but it pnr?ed to him ths absolute ned he'had of regular daily physical, open air exwclsa. Afterward, under Tralis of one and a half to two miles, taken three times daily-, all pulmonary pul-monary trembles disappeared. Ha diad, thirty years after the journey, from carcinoma of the stomach, his. lungs being normal, except that one presented eridenoes of an ancient cicatrix at it apex. ' ' -' He prescribed for : hts .children the same regular out of door exerclsa which had been, so beneficial to htm. As soon as they were old eaongh they were required to take dafly morning walks of about a mile aud a half. If at any: time they were observed tq-ba drooping; they were taken from school and sent into the country to hare farm life and out of door' play to their hearts' content. In consetptenoo of this early instnKjtieo, all his descendants have become thoroughly impressed im-pressed with the advantages of daily walking walk-ing of summer vacations in tfea cosntry, and of camping out, etc., among the fountains. foun-tains. Dr.' Bowditch's father had inarrled his cousin, who, after ' long tnvafldisin, died of chronic phthisis in 1S&L. Cfertalnly a Consanguineous Con-sanguineous union of two eonsumpnlves foreboded fore-boded nothing bnt evil. - -. Yet,of their eight children six are either now alive or tbay arrived at adult aga, married, mar-ried, and have had children aad grandchildren, grandchil-dren, bnt not a trace of phthisis has appeared in any of these ninety-three persons. Dr. Bowditch sees nothing but . the influence influ-ence of out of door, life ,to which this immunity immu-nity of his family from consumption can b attrfbnted. Ho has prearribed it, under proper precaclons, in his practioe for years, and says, in conclusion: "I have no objection to drugs, properly chosen; but if the choice were given to me to stay in the house and use medicines, or to live constantly in the open air without them, I should infinitely prefer tho latter course in case of my being threatened with pulmonary consumption." rv-puiar Science A Natural Query. JIaid (to woodman) What are you gathering? gather-ing? Woodman So&p bark, miss. Maid Oh, how queer! Do you get it off tho scrub oaks! Chatter. |