| =DON'T live in rooms where there is no fresh air.= | | | | =DON'T work in rooms where there is no fresh air.= | | | | =DON'T sleep in rooms where there is no fresh air.= | | | | =Keep at least one window open in your bedroom day and | | night.= | | | | =Fresh air helps to kill the consumption germ.= | | | | =Fresh air helps to keep you strong and healthy.= | | | | =DON'T eat with soiled hands--wash them first.= | | | | =DON'T NEGLECT A COLD or a cough.= | | | | | | =How to Cure Consumption= | | | | =DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY on patent medicines or advertised | | cures for consumption, but go to a doctor or a | | dispensary. If you go in time YOU CAN BE CURED; if you | | wait until you are so sick that you cannot work any | | longer, or until you are very weak, it may be too late; | | at any rate it will in the end mean more time out of work | | and more wages lost than if you had taken care of | | yourself at the start.= | | | | =DON'T DRINK WHISKY, beer, or other intoxicating drinks; | | they will do you no good, but will make it harder for you | | to get well.= | | | | =DON'T SLEEP IN THE SAME BED with any one else, and, if | | possible, not in the same room.= | | | | =GOOD FOOD, FRESH AIR, AND REST are the best cures. Keep in | | the sunshine as much as possible, and KEEP YOUR WINDOWS | | OPEN, winter and summer, night and day. Fresh air, night | | and day, is good for you.= | | | | =GO TO A HOSPITAL WHILE YOU CAN AND BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. |