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Show t A CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS il Once more hope has been bi.ru anew that tuberculosis ma I I cured by a specific. jj Of late it has become recognized that tuberculosis is curable by j1 a process of a general building up of the constitution of the patient i which includes fresh air, wholesome food, proper exercise within j the limits of the strength of the afflicted ami sanitation Bui no I direct attack on the bacilli of tuberculosis has been successful j Now comes Dr. -I. T. McDonald, superintendent of the leprosy j! investigation slatmn in Honolulu, who says the fatty acids of haul- l moogra oil will destro.v the germs of tuberculosis and should be of 1 great service in combatting the white plague. ji Refined ehaulmoogra oil has retarded leprosy, which is classed J as an acid fat bacillus similar to that of tuberculosis, and faith is I expressed that what the oil has .lone in leprosy it will do in the treat- H,j ment of tuberculosis I Quinine, in large quantities, has been found to destroy the germ jj of malaria in the blood. That being true, it is possible ehaulmoogra I nil will eliminate the ger.n ' tuberculosis in the human system ni The war caused a great increase in tuberculosis, and the dis- Hi ease is recognized as the biggest problem before medical men. If n Hn specific is found or even a treatment which will arrest the disease HK in advanced stages, suffering humanity will be benefited beyond Ui measure. |