. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. day and to be open at all times exceptin rain or snow. Inside nettings will protect from mosquitos. An open porchcan be added. Newspapers or rubber cloth beneath the mattress AAdll addgreatly to the warmth of the bed. A nearby earth-closet is, of course,convenient. An adjoining tent furnishes a good bath-room for the extremely windy nights in winter, inside denim or Japanese curtains canbe arranged. Industrial Schools.—In the Widener Industrial School for CrippledChildren
. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. day and to be open at all times exceptin rain or snow. Inside nettings will protect from mosquitos. An open porchcan be added. Newspapers or rubber cloth beneath the mattress AAdll addgreatly to the warmth of the bed. A nearby earth-closet is, of course,convenient. An adjoining tent furnishes a good bath-room for the extremely windy nights in winter, inside denim or Japanese curtains canbe arranged. Industrial Schools.—In the Widener Industrial School for CrippledChildren in Philadelphia the children spend a large portion of the time dayand night in the open air; good food is given, and teaching is conductedas much as possible out of doors. Outdoor sports and occupations are en-couraged as much as possible. The improvement in flesh, color, and health * Burrell: Trans. Mass. Med. Soc, June, 1903. t Thorndyke: Orthopedic Surgery, 219. Adams: Boston Med. and Surg. Jour.,1906, cliv, 71. X Bradford: Tuberculosis in Massachusetts, 1908; Report Mass. State Com., 1908,pp. OPEN-AIR TREATMENT OF SURGICAL TUBERCULOSIS.—WILLARD. 263 is remarkable. Although the school is on the outskirts of a large city,30 acres of ground are occupied. For a winter playground a large area isasphalted in order that it may be quickly cleaned of snow and dried. Forshelter, a pavilion with glass roof and sides gives full access to the sun, andtoilet-rooms for girls and boys are provided. The school provides hospitaltreatment with educational and manual training until the cripple arrivesat the age of twenty-one, or has secured a self-sustaining occupation. Forest Schools.—For feeble children, forest schools should be in-augurated where instruction can be given to the children with their lungsfilled with pure air and their brains supplied with well-oxygenated , learning under such surroundings would be both rapid andattractive. Studies in natural l
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