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Show I WHAT TUBERCULOSIS COSTS ? I 1 Immonso Monetary Loss Caused the Country i jH A by Its Rrwaflos How to Retain i H e Health and Bodily Vigor jH Cost of Tuberculosis. Dr. Harmon Ulggs of New York (Amorlcan Medlciiu'), aftor a cnroful estimation, places the annual cxpenso of tuberculosis to tho pcoplo of the United States at $330,000,000.00. Ho first calculates tho loss to New York city by putting a value pf $1,500 upon pack life at the average at which deaths from tuberculosis occur. This glvos a total value of the lives lost annually of $1,500,000.00. ' But this Is not all. For at least nlno months prior, to death theso patients cannot work, nnd ,tho loss of service at one dollar a day, together with food nursing, medicines, attendance, etc., at one and one-hnlf dollars a day, results re-sults In a further loss of $8,000,000.00. making a yearly loss to the municipality munici-pality of $23,000,000.00. For tho whole country the 150,000 deaths from tuberi culosls represent In the same way a loss of $330,000,000.00. Dr. Biggs also stntevs that the total e)xpcndltdro In the city of New York for the care ot tuberculous patients Js not at prosunt over $500,000,00 a year) that Isv It does noc exceed two por cent of thd actual' loss by death, etc. '"if this annual expenditure wore doubled or trebled It would mean a saving of Several thousand livos (annually, to say nothing of tho onormdus saving In suffering." suf-fering." Further evidence of this is afforded by tho fact that in tho last twenty years tho total number of deaths from tuberculosis In New York has decreased Instead of Increasing, although there has been an increase Of 70 per cent In the general population. Oil Rubbing. Clothing exposes us to groat dangers. dan-gers. Wo wear too ninny clothes. Vc dress too warmly, so tho skin becomes be-comes relaxed, and loses tho power to take care of Itself, and this Is tho reason rea-son oil rubbing Is necessary. The simple removal of a thin layer of oil by a hot bath may be sdfllcjcnt to cause a man to take cold, so this must be replaced by a sp'edlal oiling, or tfonio other treatmout, In cold wcath-dr. wcath-dr. . - ' ' J People who are very suscoptlblq to cold, should bo rubbod wlUtoll titter each bath. Oil rubbing is especially needed in cases In which tho skin Is dry, through... deficient activity of tho Oil glands of- tho skin. Great care, however, should bo taken to avoid too vigorous rubbing In tho application of tho oil, as sweating Is very easily produced, pro-duced, to the disadvantage ot the patient. pa-tient. In the treatment of Infants and children, a marked and most favorable favor-able effect upon nutrition Is produced by oil rubbing. Application of oil after cold baths encourages reaction. In most cases ot chronic dyspepsia when accompanied by emaciation, In dlabotos, and in most cases in which malnutrition with dryness of the skin is a prominent feature, oil rubbing is a valuabla curative agoncy. Plato called a man lumo becuuso be exorcised tho mind whllo the body was allowed to suffer. Horrors of the Cocaine Habit. The following illustration of bad ad-vlco ad-vlco In tho lecture room Is probably not an exceptional case, A professor' of materia medtca lecturing on cocaine called It ono of the greatest of all stimulants nnd perfectly harmless. Ho cited his own' experience 6f Its good effects, and advised tho class to test It personally In doblllty nnd ox-hnustlon. ox-hnustlon. Of a class of thirty-two who listened to this advice, five became cocalno takers within two years. Ton years later thirteen pf this class were drug and spirit takors. Jn all probi ability, tho uso of coca(no was t,he starting point of their addictions. Four died from tho direct use of 'this drdg. Evidently more than half 'the class had followed tho advlco ot the toacher and were wrecked. A fow years after, tho professor became an invalid and retlrod from tho profession, profes-sion, a victim of his own counsel and confidence In cocaine. Whon anything Is growing, one formatory Is worth more than a thousand thou-sand reformatories. Horace Mann. Tuberculosis Rightly Classed. The Health department of tho city of Philadelphia has decided that In futuro tuberculosis shall be classed with other dlsoases that aro dangerous to the public health, such as smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fover, and other contagious maladies. Tho law In Pennsylvania and most othor States of tho Union requires that ovory caso of contagious disease shall bo roportod to the Health department. Hereaftor all cases of tuberculosis must bo so roported by tho attending physician. Tho purpose of this law Is to enablo tho Health department to tako nocos-sary nocos-sary stops to provent tho extension of this dlseaso by disinfection ot tho, apartments whlcs have beon occuplod by the patient, nud by Instruction of yk tho patient and the patient's friends HB how infection from the disease may bo SE avoided. BB This law Is a good ono, and ought H to he enforced In ovory civilized com- jH Body nnd mind are both gifts, and M for the proper use of them our Matter U will hold us responsible. Simple Living and Longevity of the M ' Brazilians. H According to a writer In a contom- H 'porary1 magazine, "the Brazilians, when H Hist discovered, lived the natural, orig- H In ill life lived by nil mankind, as fre- M quently described in ancient histories, M Uoforo law's, or property, or'arts'madu M outrunco among men. The Brazilians H lived 'without business or labor, fur- M thcr than for their necessary food, "by H gathering fruits, herbs and plants; M thoy know uo drink but wnter; we're M not tempted to drink or oat beyond H common thirat or nppetlte; were not M troubled with either public or domes- JM tic cares, and knew no pleasures but M those slmplo and' natural in character. M "Many ot theso were sntd.. at tho M time flie country was discovered by M tho Europeans, to have lived as long M as two hundred years." M This was without doubt an exogger M atlon, but that they wero very long M lived Is evidenced by tho fact that M within the last quarter of a century M there was an old woman living in Rio B Janeiro at the remarkable age of one H hundred and forty-one years. M Beauty of form nnd face aro the nat M ural results of right living, and to try- M to get them In idleness by tho aid .'of M massage, drugs, or physical culture, is M to undermtno tho foundation for all M charm. Nature Intended tknt we M should bo of use, whether wo nro ' M gonitis' or common clay, and nature H rules. Wo can't cheat her. M The Quiet Way Best. c H What's tho Use Of worrying. B Of hurrying, x M And Hcurrylnff. , M ' Everybody Hurrying ' .H And breaking up his rest, 1 M Whon everything Im Wnchine usr . B Preaching, ana beseeching us' M To Hottlo down nnd end tho fuss, i. M For quiet ways aro best? f M Tho rain thnt trickles down In showers' H A blcislnp to thir. thirsty llnrrrr ..isjainji - - And senile zephyrs Rather up w W fH Sweot fragrance from each brlmraln cup, H There's ruin In tho tempest's poUt. M Thero's ruin In a voice of wrath, H And they alano nrh blest ' fH Who early learn to dominate H Themselves, their violence abate. H And prove by tholr soreno estate H That quiet ways ao best. M Exorclso gradually incrcasos tba H physical powers, and gives mora H strength to resist sickness. H |