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Show Silence and Rest Tuberculosis Cures ST. LOUIS, April 23. Silonce and rest were advocated as cures for tuberculosis tu-berculosis today at the convention of the National Tuberculosis association. Dr: S. W. Schaefer, of Colorado Springs, declared that experimental and clinical data showed that rest is la valuable specific for the disease. j "Bed rest, however, does not give sufficient immobilization to tho ! lungs," he declared. "Pateints, yrhen ! not allowed to talk, frequently show :mprovement in their lung condition. Talking exercises the lungs and physicians phy-sicians should warn against this. More patients should be .given the benefit i-.f filence." Rrpolutions asking that the government govern-ment provide funds for the treatment of former service men afflicted with ( the malady were adopted. Dr. J. W. j Turner of the United States public ihcalirj service, Washington, asserted tluiro were sixty thousand former ser- 1 vice men suffering from tuberculosis. |