. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ough his disease is progressing. In other cases the patients gainfat faster than their lungs improve. Nevertheless fattening and wasting aresigns which indicate how the battle is going. Cough and expectoration are signs of value. Consumptives soon learn tocough little. A visitor to a consumptive hospital does not hear one-tenth thecoughing that he does in a theater. The amount of expectoration is a morevaluable sign than the cough. In measuring the sputum an average must bestruck. A temporary nose cold or a temporary ordinary bronchitis will tempo-rarily increa
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ough his disease is progressing. In other cases the patients gainfat faster than their lungs improve. Nevertheless fattening and wasting aresigns which indicate how the battle is going. Cough and expectoration are signs of value. Consumptives soon learn tocough little. A visitor to a consumptive hospital does not hear one-tenth thecoughing that he does in a theater. The amount of expectoration is a morevaluable sign than the cough. In measuring the sputum an average must bestruck. A temporary nose cold or a temporary ordinary bronchitis will tempo-rarily increase the amount of sputum. Sweats, pallor, emaciation, diarrhea, indigestion mean that the fight isrunning strongly against the patient. Signs which the patient can notice in his chest are not of much servicein determining how his disease is progressing. He should tell his physicianof such sounds, pains, and unnatural feelings as he has observed, in order thatthe physician may interpret them. The results of physical examination of. •5D0NT-GET-RUMDOWr* • North Carolina Health Bulletin. Fig. 41.—To Avoid Consumption. WHAT THE CONSUMPTIVE SHOULD DO 85 the lungs by the physician are not of the value in indicating progress of thedisease that people generally believe. And, finally, conclusions must not be drawn from observations of but afew days. Consumption is a disease which goes by fits and starts. Eachcase calls for careful, close study. Each case needs to lean on a master mind. WHAT THE CONSUMPTIVE SHOULD DO It is most important that he should eat enough food. It should be of theproper kinds. A standard days ration should consist of: Meat 6 ounces Milk 4 pints Eggs 2 Cereal 1 plateful Bread 8 ounces Butter 2 ounces Potatoes 4 ounces Pudding 1 helping Apples or oranges 2 Lemon, or juice of 1 Spinach, cauliflower, lentils, peas, and beans may take the place of po-tatoes. Nuts may take the place of some of the butter. Honey and sugar maybe taken freely, providing these articles
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