Contents
[WEAK LUNGS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM STRONG.]
[VIOLET-PLANTING.]
[PAUL BLECKER.]
[THE HANCOCK HOUSE AND ITS FOUNDER.]
[WHY THOMAS WAS DISCHARGED.]
[LIGHT AND DARK.]
[WET-WEATHER WORK.]
[THE MEMBER FROM FOXDEN.]
[MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ORIGIN.]
[CAMILLA'S CONCERT.]
[SPRING AT THE CAPITAL.]
[THE HORRORS OF SAN DOMINGO.]
[REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.]
WEAK LUNGS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM STRONG.
The highest medical authorities of this century have expressed the opinion that tubercular disease of the various tissues is justly chargeable with one-third of the deaths among the youth and adults of the civilized world. The seat of this tubercular disease is, in great part, in the lungs.
Before the taint is localized, it is comparatively easy to remove it. If in regard to most other maladies it may be said that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," in reference to tubercular consumption it may be truly declared that an ounce of prevention is worth tons of cure.
Had the talent and time which have been given to the treatment of consumption been bestowed upon its causes and prevention, the percentage of mortality from this dreaded disease would have been greatly reduced.