Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
THE BAREFOOT CURE.
Methods of Treatment In q
Sanitarium in Saxony.

remarkable metnO0S or treatment IN q
Sanitarium in Saxony.
During a recent visit to Germany the
writer accidentally noticed burlesque
reference to sanitarium where out
door air was so much thought of that
patients were put to sleep for the night
in baskets, which swung from the tops
of tall poles, the object being to give
the patients the benefit of every particle
of air that was blowing. Now, it often
happens that so-called crank, against
whom public opinion would fain preju-
dice US, turns out downright whole
some character, whom one does well to
know, with perhaps a few eccentrici-
ties, to be sure, which, however, serve
only to distinguish such an one from
the monotonous crowd. And so this
little fling about the night-air patients
only determined me to hunt out the
place, if possible, and see what they had
new in the department of health
science. Having made a special study
of hygiene while at home, 1 improved
every opportunity in this direction.
Months later I found myself in the
city of Dresden. Eyes and head worn
out with sightseeing. determined to
rest for time, and bethought me to in
itarium in the vicinity, and thus learned
of the ''Weisser Hirsch,'' less than an
hours drive from the city. Having
spent months in an American sani-
tarium, and being familiar with the
met hods employed in most Of the lead
ing ones in this country, I was inter
ested to learn how our institutions COM
pared with theirs I found DR.. L. a
thoroughly scientific man and an earn
est student OF the great problem OF
human health
at once became deeply interested in
the special methods which he employs
The doctor is, perhaps, a man of 40. In
early manhood he had been pronounced
well advanced in consumption, and this
fact stimulated his earnest and pro-
found study into the secret mysteries of
health scie nee
The grounds of the sanitarium open
directly into an immense forest of mag
nificent pines, where one can walk for
two hours from east to west and for the
same time from north to south At in
tervals of q few yards are sheltered
hooks from wind or sun or shower, and
pretty little summer houses, with ia
bles for reading or writing. The forest
being pine a pleasant odor pervades the
air, itself curative
The forest belongs to the stadt or
town, hence is kept in splendid order.
The walks are admirable-just undu-
lating enough to form a natural form
| of exercise, which can scarcely be over
estimated in forcing the muscles and
| Joints into action. and also for in
| ducing full, deep respiration Of this
| pine-laden air, which alone constitutes
an unexcelled treatment for diseased
| lungs and other chronic conditions.
The Dresden physicians send their
patients to this forest for the entire
summer, giving them no other treat
| ment. While strolling under trees my
| attention was directed to the fact that
| all those whom we met who were bare
| headed or wore only lace ON the head,
| who were without gloves, and, perhaps,
| barefooted, Were of the sanitarfum.
/ Fancy a London barrister cutting this
undignified figure. for certainly not all
the hereditary polish Of the English no.
biIity can make a barefooted man look