Estimation of Flood-Frequency Discharges for Rural, Unregulated Streams in West Virginia

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...air, however cold, and that they knew the importance of a scientifically regulated diet and almost every other curative factor that has established itself in the confidence of modern physicians. For practicing the cold-air treatment the earlier English physicians were considered murderers of defenseless invalids and were almost driven out of practice. Dr. Latham holds that altitude does not affect fhe microbe of tuberculosis. High or low, the animal is destructive if the other conditions favor its activity. The sure safeguard against infection lies in a perfect condition of health. If the vitality is lowered by hard work, poor food, or other cause, there is danger of infection, and when the infection occurs there should be the utmost precaution to prevent further infection. The victim should be speedily removed to an open-air sanitarium, which offers the best treatment for tuberculosis that science has devised. The essayist describes the effectiveness of milk, food, sputum dust, particles of clothing, the hands of patients, the furniture of rooms, and declares that all these sources of infection can be easily guarded against in the open-air sanitarium of proper construction and management. Dr. Latham states that overcrowding and insufiicient sunlight and ventilation are the most potent factors in the contamination of air. The buildings, then, of a sanitarium must be so constructed that the atmosphere within them rivals the outside air in point of purity. For example. The smell of cooking destroys the appetite of an invalid, while fresh air stimulates it; consequently, great pains must be taken to shut off completely the dining and kitchen arrangements from the patient s rooms. Again, though it may be possible to...