The Fresh Air Cure.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1910, Page 4

The Fresh Air Cure.

CONSUMPTION AND ITS CACHES. IS THE COW -MALIGNED? "So prevalent is skim milk in cows that one out of every live halfpints ot' milk is affected," was the wording of a dictum that appeared in ail article on consumption that was reprinted in yesterday's "Chronicle." There is another side to this matter, and it is well put by Dr It. W. Philip, an eminent authority on the disease which has been aptly named "the white man's scourge." Dr. Philip observes that everything points to the early a.nd final disappearance of consumption in civilised countries. In an address before tho British Medicai Association, the doctor has just given his reason therefor. The diminution of consumption, he says, can be accomplished within a generation or two by a concerted movenvi.'t towards educating the public. Hecent investigations, Dr Philip s.iys, point to one fact of suo-tmo smr ificance not hitherto rec.):?!! ist-J — namely, that consumpuon is commonly contracted 'n chrdlmod Therefore it must he prev-.v 2d Inm attacking young child vp. .M:ik. he says, is not the usual cause, withstanding the popular notion to the contrary. The real iigent is the relatively aifless ciiKi! , ;i)i of home and school life. Thi.s cnsumption is not only to be credited with a much greater 1 roporti>«n ol mortality in childhood t<■»« 11 n u-11 erally supposed, but is largely responsible for the aggravated manifestations of otherwise simple complaints. Fresh air measures of prevention must be adopted. Air creates appetite. Appetite creates or restores health. Health resists disease.