This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V STAYING HOME--YOU HAVE YOUR OFFICE--WHAT NEXT? HAVING got our office ready for our business, we now turn to some of the details of the conduct of that business. And first I must emphasize the fact that, especially if you are to' chase the cure' in your own home, you must have the cooperation of a physician. Become informed on the subject of tuberculosis treatment by reading at least one practical book by an authority. Dr. John Huber, Dr. S. A. Knopf, Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, Dr. John B. Hawes, Dr. Edward O. Otis are reliable author-specialists whose names occur to me at this moment. Valuable literature for patients can be secured free from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, 105 E. 22nd St., New York. I would suggest, too, that you send a dollar to The Journal of the Outdoor Life, 289 Fourth Ave., New York, for a year's subscription--no, make it a dollar and ten cents and ask them to send you, for the extra ten cents, a back number containing Dr. Minor's "Hints and Helps." If your physician, in the essentials of treatment, advises differently from these authorities, discuss the matter with him. Don't be a carper. But if, from your comparison of his advice in the large with that of the expert author, you find he is in marked disagreement, you will have to get a different doctor. I don't want you to form the impression from anything I have said heretofore that I would have you try to sail your ship unpiloted. You should believe in your doctor as, for instance, you believe in your minister. The doctor has a harder time of it, because his mistakes show up within a few weeks or months or years. The minister's mistakes--if he happens to be the sort that prepares you for dying instead of living--can't show up until it...