own of the tissues, and the
prevention of emaciation.

(4.) The relief of local symptoms, and the complications arising from
other diseases.

The fulfillment of the first indication, the avoidance of causes, is of
the utmost importance, for if they have been sufficient to _produce_ the
disease, their continued operation must certainly be sufficient to
_perpetuate_ it. A single individual is very often subjected to the
operation of several of the causes already enumerated, some of which, in
consequence of circumstances and surroundings, are unavoidable. Of
these, the one most difficult to overcome is climate; _i.e._ the
frequent variations of temperature.

Upon the subject of climate much has been written. But that which is
best adapted to the cure of consumption, is that which will enable the
patient to pass a certain number of hours every day in the pure open
air, without exposure to sudden alterations of temperature. There are
very few persons who change their place of residence, except as a last
resort, when the disease is in the last stage. It is then productive of
little or no good. This is one reason why so many people having
consumption die in Florida, and other warm countries. If a change of
climate is to be effected at all, it should be made early.

The most powerful stimulant to health is well-regulated exercise. It
assists the performance of every function, and is of paramount
importance to promote good digestion and proper assimilation, conditions
essential for recovery. It should not, however, be carried beyond the
powers of endurance of the individual, so as to exhaust or fatigue.
Everything that can invigorate should be adopted; everything that
exhausts should be shunned.

To fulfill the second indication, to restore healthy nutrition, requires
not only a proper diet, both as regards quantity and quality, but
demands that the integrity of the organs concerned in the process of
digestion and assimilation, shall be maintained at the highest standard
of perfection possible.

That the diet be sufficient in quantity should be obvious to all. It is
also necessary that it be nutritious, and that it should contain
carbonaceous elements. Food of a starchy or saccharine character is apt
to increase acidity, and interfere with the assimilation of other
elements, therefore, articles, rich in fatty matters, should enter
largely into the diet. The articles of food best adapted to the
consumptive invalid are mil