Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-19
INVALID'S PARADISE.
Account of st. Vincent Sanitarium-A
Lovely Home for Health
Seekers.

Lovely Home for Health
Seekers.
There are times when the speaker is
made dumb by the exalting influence of
his theme, when the painters brush fails
to portray the transcendent beauty OF
the scene, and when the writer ia at loss
for words adequate to express his con-
ception or knowledge of truth. 1t is
for the latter reason, in the present in
stance, that we borrow the words of DR..
Henry F. Lyster, of Detroit, Mich. In a
paper read before the Medical society, of
Michigan, in 1892, DR.. Lyster said: "Then
there is the sanitarium of st. Vincent,
under the management of the good
Sisters of Charity, from Cincinnati, a
lovely hotel for invalids, where it is a
pleasure to get we'll, and where, if fated
to die, death would be robbed of half his
terrors in the presence of such faith and
works. st. Vincent sanitarium is an
oasis in the desert of houses of enter
tainment for invalids."
1t is claimed, and conceded as we'll
that medical science has made greater
progress within the last decade than In
the fifty years preceding, and in no other
age or time has the skilled nurse been
held in such high esteem by the medical
profession as now. 1t will be conceded
too, that the science of nursing has found
its best expression among that vestal
band of earthly angels known as the
Sisters of Charity. 1t is, for this reason,
most fitting that St. Vincent sanitarium
an institution of which our city and ter
ritory are so proud, is under the control
and management of these good women
St. Vincent sanitarium is growth, q
product of it's surroundings and of the
needs of invalids visiting this most fav'
ored section of our country. DR.. Henry
F. Lyster said, in the paper above quoted
"Santa Fe is an all the year climate fol
invalids, and it is desirable to make
them aware of this fact. 1t ls not the
pulmonary cases alone which might &c
there with benefit and in numerous in
stances with bright prospects OF perma
nent cure; but persons who have chronic
malaria, dyspepsia, heart disease with
good compensation, Bright's disease
general debility, chlorosis, anaemia
nervous exhaustion, alcoholic habits
ennui, functional and incipient or limited
organic disease of the liver, with or with
out moderate jaundice and dropsy; all o.
these will find there the road to a posi-
BILE cure.
"Santa Fe possesses a multitude Of
conditions which favor its selection as
health resort for all seasons of the year
Invalids are protected there from tn
winds from the east, north and west. Tt
winds from any and every direction mus
20 over or around, being diverted by tn
mountain ranges. The sun, as rule
shines very brightly almost every day
and all day long, the whole year round.
In 1887 beloved Sister Victoria cam
here from Cincinnati, Ohio, where sh
had previously been assistant mother, t.
enter upon the laborious but ennoblini
duties of sister superior to the little ban
of Sisters who had preceded her and wer
devoting their labor and their lives t
the care of the orphans of New Mexic
and to nursing the sick of all lands VIII
had come here to breathe the pure ozon
of our mountain air. Notwithstanding
the noble work done by those who ha
preceded her, Sister Victoria found tn
} buildings then in use for sanitariur
purposes quite inadequate for the de
mands of invalids, and she set about rail-
j, ing funds to erect new building for a
orphanage, thereby permitting all tn
large main building to be used for sam
!. tarium. The orphanage was complete
, in 1890, and it is rot too much to ga
that since that date Santa Fe has had, i
St. Vincent sanitarlum, the most d.
3 lightful home for invalids to be found O
/ the North American continent, or, i
fact, anywhere in the world. There ar
twenty two large airy guest rooms in tn
main building. The grounds are spae
ious, we'll shaded with fruit and orns
mental trees, and beautiful with shrub
and flowers. A number of Jersey COW
are kept that patients may have the bes
of milk and cream, and every other re
) qulsite is provided for the needs an
comfort of guests.
There are nineteen Sisters in all who's
time and labors of love are devoted t
. the care of the three institutions owe
) which the beloved Sister Victoria is tn
, supreme head. They are an Orphanage,
charity hospital and st. Vincent sar
itarium. How nineteen weak women ca
do so much and do all SO we'll is cor
slant wonder to all who have visited thes
: institutions, but the marvel of marvels
, the spotless cleanliness of everything
!. The sanitarium is heated throughout b
. steam, has sanitary plumbing and he
}. and cold water in every part Of the built
: ing. It is furnished with all the COZ
;, veniences of modern home, and is II
deed home, in the best sense of tn
term, to all its guests.
Sister Victoria is woman of uncon
!. mon ability and tact. She is the presto
, ing genius, as we'll as the hospitable ho
= tess, of st. Vincent sanitarium, and
q beloved by all who know her. Unde
D her loving supervision this model sanitt
rum is a careful home with books, mus
and flowers. for companions, and tt
= sweet Sisters of Charity for attendants
: 1t is almost tempting enough to NAL
Q one wish to become an invalid just *
;, the pleasure of being cared for an
nursed by the dear Sisters, especial
> when the cost for room, board, fire, ligl
and nurse, if necessary, is only from 81
0 to $1S per week.
A good appetite and refreshing slice
: are essential to health of mind and bod
I; and these are given by Hoods Sarsap'