better. Do not dress if
the temperature is above 99 degrees, or if there is blood in the
sputum. It is life in the open air, not exercise, that brings
health and strength. Just a few minutes daily exercise during the
active stage of the disease may delay recovery weeks or months.
Rest favors digestion, exercise frequently disturbs digestion.
When possible have meals served in bed. Never think the rest
treatment can be taken in a rocking-chair. If tired of the cot,
shift to the reclining chair, but sit with head low and feet
elevated. Do not write letters. Dictate to a friend. Do not read
much and do not hold heavy books. While reading remain in the
recumbent posture.

[Illustration: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN DAY CAMPS--BOSTON]

Once having learned the simple facts that must be noted and the simple
laws that must be followed, once having placed oneself in a position
to secure the rest, the fresh air, and the health diet, no better next
steps can be taken than to observe the closing injunction in the rules
for rest:

There are few medicines better than clouds, and you have not to
swallow them or wear them as plasters,--only to watch them.
Keeping your eyes aloft, your thoughts will shortly clamber after
them, or, if they don't do that, the sun gets into them, and the
bad ones go a-dozing like bats and owls.

[Illustration: THE BACK OF A STREET-CAR TRANSFER, SUNDAYS, NEW
YORK CITY]

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| CONSUMPTION IN EARLY STAGES CAN BE CURED |
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| Take your case in time to a good physician or to a dispensary and |
| you may be cured--DO NOT WAIT. |
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| Consumption is "caught" mainly through the spit of consumptives. |
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| Friends of Consumption--Dampness, Dirt, Darkness, Drink. |
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| Enemies of Consumption--Sun, Air, Good Food, Cleanliness. |
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| If you have tuberculosis do not give it to others by spitting; |
| even if you have not, set a good example by refraining from a |