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Show TRAVEL POtt CONSUMPTION. iStmefloial ZIflbcta ef Open Atr life on M Dp. Henry b. Bowdlfceli has Riven fho Cli-matologiu&l Cli-matologiu&l . association OA aceoant of the treatment wkfeh soams to intra wrantwacted a strong tantfrnwy to eomnutytion in hia own family. In 1S83 KJa fattier, ttren 83 years old, waa mrfoutcdly tferastswi with ton. On Angus 99 ef. tfefl jar, wisen thus ill, he started from 6lan, Mass:, wfth a frfemd as bis compantw caul driver, hi an open one fears caatsa, tor ft fcror fltrotjgh rfaw Bf$$nd Tba trip lasted thirty days and eoTfered TEA mtlss. Dtirhig tke time he passed rom &e ds taeatal rfiseottrago-ment rfiseottrago-ment nd plryddal weakness through all stagGSf feeling Hp to a. real enjoyment of lif 6. pis Journey-, though teeneflMnjj him lra-mensBly, lra-mensBly, proboMy' did not wholly cure him, btst it proved to Mm Che aCbsoltrte' need teTiad of regnlar daijy physical, pn air exercise. Afterward, finder wlssof one ttnA a half to two mites, tfcen thee times dalrj all pulmonary pul-monary (roubles disappeared. Ha died, tin-try years after the journyj from carcinoma of the stomach, his longs txstng normal, except that one presented evidences of an ancient cicatrix ftt Its apex -He prc5criT5e4..or hfs children the same regular out of floor exercise which had been so beneficial to him. As soon as they were old enough they were required to take daily morning walks of about a mile and a half. If at any time they wnre observed to be drooping, they were ta6n from school and sent into the country to have farm life and out of door play to their hearts' content. - In consequence of this early instruction, ali his descendants have become thoroughly impressed im-pressed with tha advantages of dally walk-top, walk-top, pf summer vacation in the country, and of camping out, etc., among tho mountains. moun-tains. - Dr. BowditcVs father had married his cousin, who, after long invalidism, died of chronic phrh&Ia fa 1634. Certainly a consanguineous con-sanguineous union ef two eonsnmpcives foreboded fore-boded nothing but ovlL , Yet, of their eight children, six are either now altva er Chey arrived at adult age, married, mar-ried, and havo had children and grandchildren, grandchil-dren, but not a trace of phthisis has appeared In any of these ninety-three persons. ;Dr. Bo-wditch sees nothing but the influence influ-ence of out of door life to whieh this immunity immu-nity of hia family from consumption can ht attributed. He has prescribed it, under proper precautions, in his practice for years, and says, in conclusion- "I have no ohjection to drugs, properly chosen, but if the choice were given to mo to stay In the house and use medlolnes, or to live constantly in the epen air .without them, I should infinitely prefer the latter course in case pf my being threatened with, pulmonary consumption. I rvyifar Selene. |