New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
ADIRONDACK SANITAR1UMS
.,rruons AND RESULTS AT THE SARA
MAC LAKE INSTITUTION.
~, o,rr-or.pooR LIFE IN THE TREAT
urNr OF TUBERcuLosIs-A LARGER EN-
nowMrNr FUND NEEDED.

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-. cnolera is to the Orient consumption sun - ~
w"" ,,n.nt of North America But whie 'eii'e'
r,,h,d smallpox Of Its terrore anu ha
-. ukelv TO check the devastating a"'a -
- cholera on its recurring circuits OF 'he e'o' "a
S.rresponding specific for the most common
o sr.aa disease known in this land mas appa'
Tvs - ,,o. been discovered. Tuberculin has oeeh
sd and found wanting: aseptolin Is SUI, q"
.srent and any number OF alleged le 'heu'es
-, moved to be fat failures II Is not UNI
- hone that the knowledge, greatly 'hcieaeu ,'
~ last few years. of the nature OF tuoeieuivs'
.. - dsr+dcat,on OF its bacilli and the estapsh-
w.. ~ the fact Of its infectousness, may IN 'n'
-. distant future find It's complement IN .he o.'eo
- ~ a cure for the malady IN It's eai"e. go
", even with the means at hand consunp''oh ."a'
=. c,,red II taken in hand early eho'e" ~
- cured" to use the cautious language VI '"e
,..noe Those means are the ones adopted as =
-, erst by the famous Adirondack Cottaee 0a'
.suu at Saranac Lake. n. Y. "chma'e' ope'' ,
.st and food" a system whose exceiienee 10 p
- ,na establishing Of similar institutions al ga
.r,el.s a few miles from Paul Smith o. III ' ~
weeds. at Denver and elsewhere
- .rv air "a the first consideration ana tha' Is
,rad in fullest measure at Saranac LAKE. ny
.sn,tarium stands on a mountain sue 49, ~
49,, above sea-level, and the dry ana o'"ens -. -
,rnated with the healing odors OF the evergreen
sasts all about A mighty range OF mountains
,rrer,lar and heavily wooded. with Whiteiace az .-e
.ors,,futes the further wall. and between hes \
$40 lovely Saranac valley, with It's wooos iu 10
,.s-1nrs and the river winding horth"aiu, w"
srg IN width in the perspective OF score vi n'.
T.shl,sbed twelve years ago as phali'n''p0
,sa tho san.tarium has had a career Oh s'edo-
ca" ,,s,,g success hampered only by the neeu VI
49, adaouate endowment. From the outset II 'a'
80, conducted on the theory OF segres"'o'' % W
,sad 70 aggregation, the cottage pan ia''ei ~
49, hospital plan. Starting with an equipment "a d
-. building and one cottage. in which SIX pdlen'S
ho
s,sts Of seventeen cottages and o'her
..rac,ive architecture, furnishing Accommodation
for elghtytwo patients.
A NEW MAIN BUILDING
The Old main building being badly out Oh iepai'
and entirely inadequate for the growth Vi 'ie So.
,ora,m IS being torn down. 1t VIII be repiaceu ..
s.u,if,,l permanent modern structure ph't paiu!
=, Aald stone heated throughout oy not wa'e' ~
- e-an,aces lighted by electricity and panned 10
,acu,tate the work OF the institution anu u nv.
.ov reasonable demands for enlarged grow" IA ~
.,,ura The new building will be equppeu VIII" 'i
best arrangements TO insure cleanliness a,I
Ventilation. and to avoid any OF the poSsioe w.
effects OF aggregation an enormous oil s' ~ ~
allowed for each patient
Each cottage contains from one 10 zen oe0,o
avery patent having a separate rooin' Inc oeu'o
onen into centra sitting room, IN "h4ch 10 aA' i
e,e,ace The bedroom doors touch neather ''ie Hoo
nor the wall above. ample circulation Oh air IN e'.l
80, ba,nr thus effected. and the air from oulsloe Is
. admitted through number OF transons iron, .o
.a,,,nr-room There is a polished nn;sh OH al Inc
N,ors and walls. that as frequently as iieooss!
49,, "a n ne disdnfected or wiped clean with damp
W., PIGS are used instead of carpets throughout
.ha buildings and no hangings are al,owec- All ."e
cottages have roomy piazzas, hlgh scieei 80
r.ced al one end shelter the patients iioi" NV
wird as in pursuance of the plan Oh .rea'Neii''
.,o, ara obliged to sit in the open air large part
Of each day. . ,,,
Tho natients gather as body only In the olnihs-
,,n An the main building. The food Is simple ana
wholesome milk being a leading arucie OF aie- an
tbs main building are in addition a general pa'o.
and library. the offices and the kitchen. Ihere Is
a.so big recreation pavilion, two sides OF winch are
,nc'osed in glass the other two being open 10 'iie
air; here the patients play pi.iiaros' sun'i'e' W
winter no matter how .ow the temperature
In addition to the erection OF the new mann puiio-
.r many announcements have been made or are now
under way at the san.tarium The late saInue'
YnsIee,s gift of a water system. at cost OF s,0"'
furnishes an abundant supply OF excellent water io
usual purposes and affords full protectioh aea1.S'
fire for all the buildings on the grounds. All tle
cottages and other structures now have the e.ectr1c
light the retirement of oil lamps being or decideu
benea in improving the ar breathed by the patents
while indoors: and a beginning has oeen H'aae III
heatsng the cottages with hot wafer.
THE DISEASE AND THE REMEDY.
co,sumntion is no respecter of persons. 1t at
tacks rich and poor, old and young man ana
Rut faStenS It's nolu only UPON Pei-
AIMS whose systems are weakened and MADE sus-
..,.,hla 70 ,,-otherwise we all should have con-
.un,n,,on for it's bacilli floating in the air OF
every s,reetcar and place OF assemolage IN sIea.
city-and as those persons have as RUE reacneu
that state Of debilitation because OF lnsullc'eil
ro,r,shrnent or confinement in ill-ventiaed apart
ments or labor too severe and TOO proioneeo' pu.
n.rss,ed in through necessity. the only chance OF
lie for this large class is the possibility OF OBTAIN
ns az moderate cost, or at no cost at ALL Urea
s,ch az ,he Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium aliorus
dry air rest instead Of toll plenty OF nourshing
49, .,d -essdence practically out of doors. In con-
tras, m the Initiated atmosphere OF the average
dwelling through the months when the "lhoo"S
must be closed.
Then. too the disease generally attacks the young
rather than the middle-ased or DID, ana uhoe' inc
most favorable conditions Their progress TO decldea
,u,-oysroent or 10 recovery is exceedingly SLOW
while during the whole period they must OF neceS-
Sy be inactive and non productive spenuiis II"
stead OF saving 1t Is for this large class tha' 'io
sansrarum was started and is doing lis nooie "OiA'
Each patient pays s. a week board ana cos's INC
tustitut,on a little over Sc week, the total result
ns deficiency each year being made up by voluntary
contrt butions There is charge for meoicai
services Little resort is had TO medcines III INC
Saratarium treatment. but such medicines as ai0
prescribed are sold at price in the dspensarv
there Patients are admitted to the sanitarum
up,n examination by DIR. z. c. Janeway. DR.. waiter
B. James or Dr. II. P. LOOMS. In New-York Clty'
or Dr. e L. Trudeau, at Saranac Lake O'iy
those are received who in the first stages Oh
consumption or convalescng from other pulmonary
diseases. or in whose cases the treatment seems
Eke,y 10 be of great benefit, and who cannot pay
b,gher hoard than the s. a week asked at the
HrItarium.
THE OUT-OF-DOORS LIFE
Tia fourfold treatment has already been touched
upon Its distinctive is the insistence upon
the patient staying outof-doors in all seasons ana
ell sorts of weather from seven to twelve hours
day The mercury goes many degrees below zero
Il Ssranac Lake but II is found that the "'a'uS
there thrive more markedly in winter even than IN
s,rn mr. Az 60 rreat care Is taken 70 furnish