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Show T CARE OF THE BODY 1 s( How to Acquire and Retain the Priceless Posses- J Jf sion of Good Health J Get Out of "Work Cages" to Cure Consumption. "No nnlmnl ever dios of consumption consump-tion unions It hna Buffered Imprisonment Imprison-ment In n cape," nayB Dr. W. A. KvnnB Jn tho Chlcngo Tribune. From this fact ho draws the conclusion that it In tho caged llfo of nnlmnl mnn, In many onsen nn Inevitable accompaniment of hlq work, that Ih responsible for tho largo proportion of doaths from this drmri dlaonso. How quickly a euro mny bo wrought If only thoso nffllct-' od will nbnndon tholr "wijrk cnBn" nnd got Into (ho fresh nlr, ho tolls In tho following paragraphs: "13vory yonr in Chicago thoro nro COOO enflos of tuborculorthr nmQng mon, nnd 2,300 Indlvldtinlndlo from tho dlBonso. Two. yonrs nnd threo months of moro or loss Inability to work pro-codo pro-codo tho end in thoso 2,300 canon, to sny nothing of tho tlmo lost to those who nro cured. To tho economic Chlcngo, Chl-cngo, tho nggrognte cost of ono year's death roll Is tho work of ono mnn for C.3C5 yoarnl "From the point of vlow of tho humbloBt worker, howovor, tho tnero "Wet thnt ho hns contracted tuberculoids tubercu-loids is nothing If only tho discovery In tmirio early enough nnd n littlo tlmo nnd a littlo monoy bo nvnllnblo for his trontmont. How short n timo nnd how littlo tho monoy neccssnry mny sur-prlso sur-prlso the layman who hns recognized consumption as ono of tho stubborn, costly dlsonscH which, in tho end, promised only death, "Only n IIUlo whllo ngo n enso pnsflod under my observation ns typ-lenl typ-lenl of whnt mny bo riono In tho cnrll-est cnrll-est singes of tho disease. Ho was about 23 yenrs old, nnd n mnnufnetur-Ing mnnufnetur-Ing omployo working nt his bonch. A slight hemorrhngo was tho first Intll-cntlon Intll-cntlon of tho dlKenso. IIo connultcd n physlclnn nt onco. Ho lived nt homo with his pnrentB, nnd wns n pnrtinl support for thorn. Tho father was cnlleil In and asked If ho could spnro tho oncnlngs of tho young mnn for ono month. Ho thought ho could, nnd wns moro than willing to try. "So, lato In July, tho boy loft his bonch and prepared to lay around In tho parks an much as possible. His homo was n lop flnt, nnd ho fixed up a nhnclc on tho buck porch, In which his bod was plncod, nnd whoro he Blopt. Ho was given a Btibstrtntlnl djojnndn largo quantity of milk amTcrcnm and" ' eggs wcro taken dally. "Ho wns bettor In an Incredibly short tlmo, At tho end of tho foilr wooks' porlod ho hnd gained flftoon pounds and, to outwnrd nppenranecs, wns a woll mnn. Ho socured n position posi-tion nt ouuido work In tho country, nnd Is nn oxnmplo of a young man saved to tho world's work nt a cost not exceeding S2C ovor hln lost time. "A snlosntfttt nt 33 yenrs old, protty fur advanced in tho early stage of tho dlsonBo, hns boon another Individual iiiBtauctt of an onrly euro. IIo took threo months nwny from his work, slopt In n shnck out of doors, provided provid-ed n propor dlot, nnd Ib now completing complet-ing his euro by outdoor work In Iown. "A Chicago throat specialist discovered discov-ered his Infection onrly, nnd having n knowlodgo of tho stock business', and nn ncqualntnnaoshlp In Indiana, wont down thoro Inst summer ns a buyer of cnttlo for n packing houso. Ho had only to get out or his cage, and the work, tho dieting, nnd tho frosh nlr hnvo dono tho rest. "Tho whole subject, ns It appenls to iho workor, mny bo summed up In tho ndvlco to discover his Infection as early as posslblo; to drop his aggravating aggra-vating omploymont: to provide a propor prop-or diot, and than to get out of his cngo into tho open nlr. i |