. Health in home and town. one of the chief means of suppress-ing it. Other hospitals take only the early and prob-ably curable consumptives. The persons cured at thesehospitals are usually able to resume work and theirplaces in the community. They become importantcenters in spreading information on the cure of con-sumption and on hygienic ways of living. The Tuberculosis Dispensary. — Many large citiesmaintain dispensaries for the recognition and treatmentof tuberculosis. Here any one unable to pay for medicaladvice can be examined for tuberculosis without he is suffering from this
. Health in home and town. one of the chief means of suppress-ing it. Other hospitals take only the early and prob-ably curable consumptives. The persons cured at thesehospitals are usually able to resume work and theirplaces in the community. They become importantcenters in spreading information on the cure of con-sumption and on hygienic ways of living. The Tuberculosis Dispensary. — Many large citiesmaintain dispensaries for the recognition and treatmentof tuberculosis. Here any one unable to pay for medicaladvice can be examined for tuberculosis without he is suffering from this disease, he is assisted byadvice, treatment, or help to carry out a cure at the cityor state hospital. There are nearly three hundred suchdispensaries in this country. GREAT WHITE PLAGUE — TUBERCULOSIS 257Day-Camps. — Some cities and societies carry on day-camps for consumptives. A camp is usually locatedin the open country, but within easy reach of the consists of a kitchen, a dining-room, an office, a rest-. A Cottage Camp for Consumptives room, and many reclining chairs. The patients spendthe day only at the camp, receiving two or three sub-stantial meals. Most of the time is spent resting in thesunshine. These camps have done much good amongconsumptives who have no place where they can sitout-of-doors at home, and who are able to stand thetrip back and forth night and morning. Night-Camps. — The night-camp is especially helpfulto the consumptive who has left the sanatorium as cured. 258 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN He may be able to work in the city during the day, but istotally unfit to return to his crowded home. The night-camp is only for men who may go to the city every consists of a dining-room, kitchen, and shacks openon one side, with accommodations for many men. Tuberculosis Classes. — It has been shown that it ispossible to treat a group of consumptives while eachone is living in his own home. The class is under thedirect charge of a physician,
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