------+----------+----+-----+-----+----------------+----+-----+------- Date | Hour |Tem.|Pulse|Resp.| Diet and |B.M.|Urine|Remarks | | | | | medicine | | | ------+----------+----+-----+-----+----------------+----+-----+------- 1916 | | | | | | | | Jan. 1|4 p.m. |100°| 76 | 24 |Medicine | | | |5 p.m. | | | | | 1 |℥ vii| |6 p.m. | | | |Supper: | | | | | | | | Baked potato, | | | | | | | | toast, fruit, | | | | | | | | tea. | | | |8 p.m. | | | |Medicine | | |Sponge | | | | | | | |bath. |9:30 p.m. | | | | | | |Asleep. Jan. 2|3 a.m. | | | | | |℥ ix | |8 a.m. |99° | 74 | 22 |Medicine | | |Patient | | | | | | | |slept | | | | | | | |most | | | | | | | |of the | | | | | | | |night. |8:30 a.m. | | | |Breakfast: | | | | | | | | Cereal, orange,| | | | | | | | toast, coffee. | | | |9:30 a.m. | | | |Bath. | | | |11:30 a.m.| | | | | | |Sat up | | | | | | | |1 hour. ------+----------+----+-----+-----+----------------+----+-----+------- TUBERCULOSIS, CANCER, AND MENTAL ILLNESS.--As we have seen, early symptoms of sickness are always important; yet it seems worth while to mention particularly the early symptoms of tuberculosis, cancer, and mental disorders, because each of these diseases, though curable in many cases when taken in the early stages, is serious and often fatal if neglected. Certain facts relating to their cause and prevention should be known to everyone. Tuberculosis, long our greatest cause of death, is gradually growing less; but cancer and mental disease are now on the increase.