Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-03
elcnMoNp,s sANArAaiuM
An Elegant and Attractive Homo for tho
Invalid.

In what NAV be termed the recent
BROADER dcvelopment Of the ecleciicism OK
medical science nothing is more noticeaoie
than the enQrafting upon 1t OF tho private
eanafarium feature. In its primary pfinct.
ple fhe sanatarium is nothing more nor
less thar ar ideal home, In which the oen.
eicial effects OF light. AR. ana eiegans
surroundings upon the SICK are maao
the coadjutors OF medication. surgery,
and other remedial and curative agents;
In other words. the sanatarium idea Is pased
largely on common-sense--thst common
sense which recognizes the potent IN.
fluence of pleasant and soothing mental
impressions upon those suffering from
bodily ailments. Tho only difference pe.
tween the ideal sanatarium and the elegant
private home Is that there are IN tne
former the appliances and conveniences
for treating the patient that IL is impossible
to command In the latter. :.
Such an establishment DIR. Isaiah II.
White has recently opened at bis residence,
No. lis east Franklin street. The building
itself is one OF the most spacious ana
costly ever erected in the city for residen-
tial purposes. lt y located AZ one OF the
highest points in the city on the most lash
ionable thoroughfare. The ceilings are
high-pitched, the halls and stairways
wide. and every room is not only large,
but fronts on the street, thus securing
an abundance of sunshine and pure air.
As originally constructed few years ago,it
contained every modern convenience then
known and every appliance OF sanitation.
but DIR. White has improved on these con-
ditions. Throughout the house is richly
carpeted, the halls are heated by steam,
and the general furnishing and upholster-
ing Of the parlors and chambers are luxu-
rious. There is everything about the place
TO contribute to bodily comfort, satisfy the
aesthetic taste, and stimulate the feeling
that one Is welcome guest.
THE TURKISH BATH.
The offices are situated on the basement
floor, and here the same elegance and air
of comfort pervades that are observable
upstairs. Here is situated tho Turkish
bath of the sanatarium, one OF its great
features and the first ever established IN
Richmond, and the appliances for electri-
| cal treatment and for hand and mechani-
col massage. The Turkish bath consists Of
three rooms-the hot-air room, the sham
pooing-room, and the cooling-9oom-and
| these embrace in their equipment oil the
recognized most modern essentials OF this
| luxurious bath. which Is not only given to
| inyalids, but at the North isregularly taken
| by many who are in most robust health
merely as @ matter OF pleasure.
| Aside from its efficacy in specific diseases
| the Turkish bath Is beyond question one
| of the most restful Of processes IN cases OF
nervous lrritability and one of the most
| inyigorating of processes in cases OF ner-
vous prostration. In the shampooing-
room the bath-tub is made OF papier
mache, which is fitted with the necessary
connections for giving an electric bath
| that is, for passing an electric current
through the water. The bath attendants
are not only experienced in the bath treat
| ment process, but are experts IN hand
4 too "A nnnltAnce3
which are IN the cooling-room.
ELECTRO THERAPEUTICS.
| The electric cabinet of DIR. White and
| his assistant and resident physician, DIR.
| Gillian, which latter has made an especial
| study of electricity, is not only complete
| but most interesting study. Tho cleo
| tricity comes into the Office direct from
| the power-house with force of two hun
dred and twenty volts. but by ys-
| TEN of keys, and by caTsing 10 TO pass
| through a series of lamps, IL is absolutely
under control and the discharge can be re-
duced to one milleampere. Not only
that. but by watching the MILE
ampere-meter the manipulation can measure
| the discharge rs accurately % drugs can be
weighed with the more delicate Of drug
| gist's balances, and gradually increase tho
electric dose" from one .mllleampere,to
| two hundred and forty. The sensation de-
rived from the electrodes under this pro-
| cess rs simply the one of burning that IS
felt when a mustard-plaster Is first az piled,
| and at one milleampere Is almost imper..
| ceptible. The current IS continuous, and
10 pure electricity. BY turning switch.
however. the current can be FaradiZed,
and that peculiar jerking, twitching shock
given, which is familiar TO every. school,
boy. This process Is also absolutely under
control. and the current can be given at
any desired intensity.
MECHANICAL MASSAGE
Another interesting appliance Of the
sanatarium IL the mechanical massage
machine. This is run by electricity, but
the treatment does not involve taking an
electric shock and Is by no means unplea-
SAINT. In fact. for the well person ii is
physIcal-culture apparatus. IL may be
best described as a universal shaking-up
apparatus for exercising torpid nervous
and muscular tissues and exciting feeble
circulation. II is so arranged that its
operation can bring into artificial move
ment what would be the natural movement
of every muscle in the body, thus stimu-
latng nature to assume its normal control.
Throughout the sanatarium there is
every environment that can conduce to
dissipating gloomy and morbid reflections.
It is O health resort in the centre OF the
most fashionable part of the city, where
no infectious diseases will be treated and
where the patients will have the advan-
tages of the best society. the best of medi-
cal attention and nursing by trained
nurses, the most wholesome and delicate
ly.seryed dietary regime, and every posi-
ble diversion that will bring them out Of