Daily camera., 1897-09-02
THE COL oRADo sANITARlUM
Some Features of Daily Life at This Great
Boulder Institution.

O~S'H
slow but gradual growth. Fifty years
ago such institutions were not known,
but the thought gradually forced itself
upon the minds of thinking men in the
medical profession, that the plan OF plac-
ing the afflicted in such position that
their daily life and habits of living might
be regulated, as we'll as the medical treat
ment proper, had in it many benefits
over the old and usual method OF COM
batting disease. In the very beginning
of this agitation, the Sanitarium at Bat
tie Creek, Mich., was establl ;hed, and
the history of this institution Is the MS
tory of the sanitarium movement IN this
country. For years the ignorance and
skeptlcism of the people, and the pre-
| iudice and animosity in the medical
fraternity, served to retard its progress.
But prejudice and ignorance and skeptl-
lism have given way to broader IDEAS
SO that now, throughout the world, the
advanced minds among medical men, as
we'll as the thinking laity, look upon this
method OF treating diseass, especially the
/ treatment Of Chronic disease, as TAG most
rauonal to be secured.
| The Colorado Sanitarlum is branch
of the parent institution al Battle Stoeh'
| Michigan. The popularity which this
| institution in our midst has already won
shows something of the regard IN which
| this system of treatment IS held by the
people. Although having been dedlcat'
ed but one year ago, the santarum is
filled to overfowlng, Several OF the
| rooms have norC than one occupant,
and with thc seventy five patients and
more than fifty helpers, a family OF near
ly one hundred and fifty people are
housed and fed in the sanitarlum oulld.
ing and its adjacent cottages.
Every patient upon his arrival is SUBJ
jected to most thorough and scientific
examination. This includes with other
things mlcroscopical examination OF
the blood, an examination of the urine,
and an examination of the expectoration
N cases of patients afflicted with lung
trouble AS a result of these exAmin-
atoms, careful diagnosis OF the Case is
made, and the daily routine of treatment
| is prescribed, This treatment consists
in the application of hydropathic meas
ures, electricity in its various forms,
! Swedish manual movements, and such
other remedies as are useful IN building
up the strength, promoting the clrcula'
ton, and increasing the power OF dlges-
ton and assimilation.
If one were to visit the bath room, ne
would find a little bulletin board with the
names of patients and the treatment
they were to receive that day, something
like the following:
For Iohn Smith-H. c. Sp.; Ii. St.,
Sp. Ms.
This. being interpreted. would be as
follows:
For John Smith-Hot and cold aPpll-
cations to spine; local faradlzatlon to
stomach and spine, massage.
The application of this treatment just
enumerated occupies one or two hours
after which the patient retires to his
room, and spends an hour in rest and
sleep, invariably rising refreshed and in
vigorated, and in excellent trim for other
treatment or exercise which may be max
ing demands upon his time. An excel
lent gymnasium service alds in develop
ing and building up the strength OF the
patient. To this he resorts three times
day, namely, at g 3:45 and 6:3o o'clock,
where, under the direction of an expert
enced teacher, he goes through such
movements as are designed to develop
the physical man.
Unlike the usual hotel or pleasure re-
sort, but two regular meals per day are
served at the sanitarlum. Breakfast
comes from to in the morning, dinner
from 2:3o to $3.50. In addition to these
regular meals, trays are served from o to
in the patients rooms to all who may
feel the need of a third meal. The bene-
fits of two meal system of eating have
been fully demonstrated, especially IN
the case of digestive ailments, with
which large per cent of the patients at
the sanitarium are afflicted.
Regular weekly religious services are
conducted in the building. These con-
sist of morning worship for the helpers
in the gymnasium at $40, morning wor-
ship for the patients in the parlor at 7:45.
preaching in the parlors Sunday even
lings at 745, prayer meetings Friday
evenings in The gymnasium at and
Bible study or Sabbath school on the
Sabbath Saturday in the gymnasium at
1870. In addition to these meetings.
the { o'clock hour on Wednesday after
Moons is set apart for Bible study and