SUMMARY
TUBERCULOSIS
Form.—Acute and chronic in character. The chief aim of the treatment in the former is to prevent its development into a chronic form.
Rest.—Sleep, preferably in the open air, in a tent or on a sleeping porch.
Proper Surroundings should be striven for. The patient should be kept tranquil in mind and body, free from disturbing worries and assured of the possibility of recovery with proper care.
Diet should be adequate without being too abundant; stuffing the patient is no longer considered necessary, in fact it is believed that forcing the eating of large quantities of eggs, etc., defeats its own ends, upsetting the digestion and causing a disgust for food almost impossible to overcome.
Gastro-intestinal Disturbances are apt to develop as the disease progresses. These are treated as in other conditions so complicated, except that the period of starvation must necessarily be limited on account of the metabolic waste already taking place from the disease itself.