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Show I WHAT TUBERCULOSIS COSTS f 1 Immense Monetary Loss Caused the Country f I i by Its Ravages Howi to Retain A i Health and Bodily Vigor ? Cost of Tuberculosis. Dr. Harmon Dlggs of New York (American Medicine), nfter a careful estimation, places the nnnital cxpenso of tuberculosis to tho peoplo of tho United States nt $330,000,000.00. Ho first calculi-ten tho loss to New York city by putting a vnlito of $1,500 upon each llfo ut the average at which deaths from tuberculosis occur. This gives a total vnlito of tbo lives lost annually ot $1,500,000.00. Hut this Is not all. For at least nine months prlo'r to deatii these patients cannot work, and tho loss ot scrvlco t ono dollar a day, together with food, nursing, mcdlclucx, attendance, etc., Ut ono and one-half dollars a day, results re-sults In a further loss of $8,000,000.00, making a yearly loss to tho municipality munici-pality of $23,000,000.00. For tho wholo country tho 160,000 deaths from tuberculosis tuber-culosis represent In tho samo way a loss ot $330,000,000.00. Dr. Biggs also states that tho total expenditure In tho city ot New York (or tho care of tuberculous patients is lot nt present over $500,000.00 a yenr; that Is, It does not exceed two per cent f tho actual loss by death, etc. "If this annunl expenditure were doubled r troblod It would mean a saving of lovcral thousand lives annually, to say nothing of tho enormous saving In suf-Jorlng." suf-Jorlng." Further evidence of this Is Afforded by 'tho fact that In tho last twenty years tho totnl number of Heaths from tuberculosis In Now York has decreased instead ot Increasing, although thero hns been nn Increase of 70 per cent In tho general population. Oil Rubbing. Clothing exposes us to great dan Rors. Wo wenr too many clothes. Wo dre'ss too wurmly, so the tkln bo-comes bo-comes rolnxcd, nnd loses tho power to take caro of Itself, and this is tbo ren-ion ren-ion oil rubbing Is necessary. Tbo ilinplo removnl of a thin layer of oil by a hot bath tuny bo sufficient to tauso n man to take cold, so this must bo replnccd by a special oiling, or loino other treatment, In cold weather. weath-er. People who nro very susceptlblo to cold, should bo rubbed with oil after each bath. Oil rubbing Is especially needed In cobcs in which the skin is flry, through deficient activity of tho oil glands of tho skin. Great care, howovor, should bo'tuken to avoid too vigorous rubbing In tbo application of tho oil, as swoatlng is very easily produced, pro-duced, to tho disadvantage of tho patient. pa-tient. In tho treatment of Infants and children, a marked and most favor-nblo favor-nblo effect upon nutrition Is produced by oil rubbing. Application ot oil after cold baths encourages reaction. In most cases of chronic dyspepsia when accompanied by emaciation, in diabetes, and In most cases In which malnutrition with dryness of-tho skin Is a prominent feature, oil rubbing is b valuable curatlvo agency. Horrors of the Cocaine Habit. Tho following Illustration of bad ad-rlco ad-rlco In the lecturo room Is probably not nn exceptional case. A professor of tar.terlR medlcn lecturing on cocnlno cnllod It ono of tho greatest of all itlmulant and perfectly harmless. JIo cited lils own oxperlcnco of Its good effects, nnd advised tho class to test It personally In debility nnd ox-hnustlon. ox-hnustlon. Of a class of thirty-two who listened to this advice, Ave becamo cocalno takers within two years. Ten years later thirteen of this class wero drug nnd spirit tnkors. In all probability, prob-ability, tho uso of cocalno was tho starting point of their addictions. Four died from tho direct uso of this drug. Evidently moro than half the class had followed tho advlco of tho teacher and wero wrecked. A fow years after, tbo professor becamo an Invalid and retired from the profession, profes-sion, a victim of hlB own counsel and confidence In cocaine. When anything Is growing, one formatory Ib worth moro than a thousand thou-sand roformntorlcs. Horace Mann. Tuberculosis Rightly Classed. The Health department of tho city of riillndolpbla has decided that In future tuberculosis shall bo classed with other diseases that aro dangerous to tho public health, such as smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and other contagious maladies. Tho law In Pennsylvania nnd most other Statos of tho Union requires that every caso of contagious dlseaso shall be reported to the Hoalth department. Hereafter all cases of tuberculosis must bo so roportod by tho attending physician. Tho purpo8o of this law Is to cnnblo the Health department to take necessary neces-sary stops to prevent the extension ot this dlseaso by disinfection ot tho apartments which have been occupied by tho patient, and by Instruction of tbo patient and tho patient's friends how Infection from tho dlseaso may ho avoided. This law is a good ono, nnd ought to bo enforced in every civilized community. com-munity. Body nnd mind nro both gifts, and for tho proper uso of them our'Maker will hold us responsible Simple Living and Longevity of the Brazilians. According to a writer In a contemporary contem-porary magazlno, "tho Brazilian.!, when-Hist when-Hist discovered, lived tho natural, original orig-inal llfo lived by all mankind, as frequently fre-quently described In ancient histories, before laws, or property, or arts made entrnnco nmong men. Tho Brazilians lived without business or labor, further fur-ther than for their necessary food, by gathering fruits, herbs and plants; they know no drink but water; wero not tempted to drink or cat beyond common third or appctlto; wero not troubled with either public or domestic domes-tic cares, and knew no pleasures but those simple nnd natural In character. "Mnny of these wore said, at. tho tlmo tho country was discovered by tbo Europeans, to hao lived as long as two hundred yenrs." This was without doubt an exaggeration, exagger-ation, but thnt they wero very long lived is evidenced by tho fact that within tho last quarter of a century there was nn old woman living In ltlo Jnnelro at tho remarkable ngo of one hundred and forty-one yenrs. Beauty of form and faco nro tho natural nat-ural results of right living, and to try to got them In Idleness by tho aid of massage, drugs, or physical culture, Is to undermine tho foundation for nil charm. Naturo Intended that wo should bo of uso. whether wo aro genius or common clny, and nature rules. Wo can't cheat her. The Quiet Way Det. Whnt'n tho uso of worrying, Of hurrying. And cuttylng. liverybody llurrylnir Ami In caking up hli rest, When everything In teaching; us, 1'rencliliiB, nnd licscechlns us To settle, down snd end tho fuss, ,l-"or quiet wnys nie beHt7 Tlio rain that trlchles down In showcrs-A showcrs-A blessing to tho thirsty lloweis And gentle zephyrs gather up Sweet friiRinnea from each tirlmmlnf. cup There's ruin In the tempest's path, There's luln In n olco of wrath, And they nlone mo blest Who early learn to dominate Themsclve.i, their lolcnco nbnte, And prove by their serene estate That iiulet ways aro beat. Kxerclso gradually Increases the physical powers, and gives moro strength to resist sickness. Frequency of Tuberculosis. From tho Massachusetts Medical Journnl wo abstract tho following: At tho second annual American Congress on Tuberculosis held In Now York In 1902, Dr. Pryor stated that 14,000 persons per-sons dlo annually in tho Stato of Now York ot this disease. One-sixth of all tho deaths in tho world nro duo to this ono disease. Statistics show that In Franco 150,000 dlo every yenr of this disease; In Germany, 170,000; In tho United Stntes, 100,000; In Paris, 11,-000; 11,-000; In London, 13,000; New York City, 9,000. Of deaths between tho ages of fifteen fif-teen and forty, tuberculosis claims ono third; between fifteen nnd thirty-flvc, one-hnlf. Tho mortality from tuberculosis tubercu-losis alono exceeds thnt of war, plague, cholera, famine, yellow fever and smallpox. Plato called a man lamo because ho exorcised the mind while tho body was allowed to suffer. |