Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04

anything but monstrous- This is what
one writes of himself from German sam
itarium: ''My first annoyance occurred in
the dining room Now we Englishmen,
If we do not live to eat, are at least
fond of good living. Imagine my dis
gust in being seated at a table which
excludes everything which we at home
consider necessary for health and
strength
But, when found that my prescrip-
ton ordered me to walk barefoot before
my fellow-men. I simply said would
do nothing of the kind; 1 would go
home first. But the logic of the little
Jewish maiden prevailed again Other
patients had followed this advice and
been benefited. So / ate the con-
founded food, went barefoot, got well
and went home wiser man."
Approaching my interest in health
science, DR.. L. very generously gave me
some valuable points, and took pains to
explain various features OF the institu-
ton. One day he said, 1--WE will show
you our arrangement for keeping some
OF our chronic patients in the open air
day and night" Instantly I thought
of what had read about hanging peo-
pie up in baskets, and wondered if this
NSIS SAS DlcCS. anu now near the
truth the stories had come. Dr. L. s
plan proved as follows: On a section
of the grounds was a series of little cot
tages, one-story high. inclosed on three
sides, the fourth entirely open By
means of curtains the room was divided
into compartments for two or three pa
tients- Those occupying the cottages
were usually sufferers Of nervous or
n
early spring till late in the autumn,
| night and day inhaling the pine-laden
| air. Day and night bells connected the
cottages with the main institution The
| effect of this life upon the patients is
found to be satisfactory in the highest
| degree
| Another interesting feature here was
the morning air bath. A large section
of the grounds was fenced round with
high board fence, the ground made
soft with sand several inches deep. Pa
| tients came here at 5:30in the morning.
| In the dressing room attached they ex-
changed their clothes for short sleeve
less slip, or chemisette. Thus attired
the patients INDUCED in leaping, jump
| ing. running in the sand, barefooted,
| of course. At the end of three-quarters
| of an hour cold water was poured over
their feet; then followed = rub till in a
| glow, when they dressed and went into
breakfast, hungry as bears A patient
rooming next to me invited me to &C
| company herself and daughter to the
| air bath. Previous to coming here she
had suffered from infiammatory rheu-
matism for seven years ''Inffamma-
tory rheumatismI- / said Don't you
take cold?" She laughed merrily,
and soon appeared ready for hel
morning athletics She informed me
that she was really and truly the bet
ter for the first time in years, having
tried half dozen systems of treatment
before coming here. During the pre-
vious year the doctor told me that BIZ
himself was all run down from over
work, and exposure threw him into {
fever. Now" he said, doctors mus
not be sick. you know, so after burn
ing with fever for tWenty-four hours
said to my wife; 4 can't stand this;
shall go and take an air-bath-' wen
down, mind you, starting with a burn
ing fever. made myself ready, then gal
loped round in the sand for one hour,
until 1 was in dripping perspiration
bathed, rubbed myself till in a glow
dressed, came back from the bath per
fectly well, and said he, 81 have never
had a bit of fever since" You see b,
this plan he flooded his blood witt
oxygen and burned up the fever instea'
of its burning him up-Philadelphi
| Ledger.