Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — Advice for Consumptives. [ARTICLE]

Advice for Consumptives.

“I have watched It carefully,” observed a popular physician, “and I think I am safe in saying that very few persons get much, or, indeed, any benefit, especially those who are suffering from lung troubles, by visiting California, Florida, or elsewhere, unless they rough it. The hotels there are like they are everywhere—good and bad—the good ones being In the majority. The food Is about the same as that furnished by hotels in the East, is cooked and served in about the B&tne way. What one needs is a total change, and the only way they can get Itisby rou.-h----ing it. Instead of going to elegant hotels, they should live in the open air as much as they can, and, If possible, sleep In tents. Everything should be done exactly opposite to the way they do things at home.”