Show FACTS ABOUT tuberculosis ARTICLE FIVE modern 7 treatment persons persona with tuberculosis need ot lot lie die for the disease la is curable sit it takes taker years not months or weeks week to lo effect a cure and no roe me acine vaccine or serum Is ot lot use these things may stop the cough temporarily pop pep the patient up but athor tier plo nilse is false in a short tiro iino the will grow worse tho the safe slid anil intelligent thing thin to do when any departure from rom normal health ij noted Is 13 to visit a eold bcd ocd doctor and tell him every dei 1 lail all L ask lor for a thorough chest ex including an xray X ray and mutum analysis if a tuberculin test shows positive reaction through ia ste stethoscope those ope a doctor can hear 23 3 disease in tho the adult chest but his bs stethoscope IB useless in at al to diagnose it in children the he chest specialist depends entirely upon tho the xray X ray when examining I 1 the he lungs ot of children lie he will ask you oil if you note a rise in tempera luro lure each afternoon afler noon this Is important as a means of 0 finding the imah r rest rest and STILL MORE REST Is thi the infallible rule tor for curing tuberculosis no matter what the disease is in ili and no matter what part of the body it has attacked out of all the innumerable things tried during all the ages ct cf trying to cure tuberculosis only icse has stood the test of ume time this means flat rest in bed for 24 hours hour a day even the slightest exercise such gaich as lifting the hands talking or writing is injurious to the pat lent in advanced stal stafa a until he has begun to show allow improvement artificial lung collapse used extensively in recent years among other forms of surgery has proved to be the salvation ot of many patients who a dozen years ago would not have received any encouragement toward recovery these new surgical treatments induce the lung to rest by collapsing it so it cannot breathe over a period of time usually from 3 to 6 5 years often longer thereby forcing the well lung to do the work alone un ull tl it becomes certain that the damaged one is healed and most MOSE encouraging cou raging of all 1 in 1 i r short time will usually render tho the patient bacillus tree free thus making ills his disease noninfectious before it t is cured and relieving tie gnawing tear fear that he may be ex lesing his loved ones to danger |