Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24
BIRMINGHAM ,SANITARlUM
A New Enterprise to the Front That = Will Be Worth a Great Deal
 u@ to the City.

Anew enterprise that will bring many
 people to Birmingham, increase the cir
 culation of money and clearing house re-
 ceipts has been secured. While it Is not
 a new cotton factory furnace or college,
 yet 1t will put more money in circulation,
 bring, more people to our midst and give
 more character and tone to Birmingham
 as a metropolitan city than either of
 these, The enterprise will be known as
 the Birmingham Sanitarium. It will be
 devoted specially to the treatment of
 chronic diseases after the advanced
 methods used at the Battle Creek (Mich)
 Sanitarium, and other leading hospital Is
 in this country and Europe. These new
 methods, for Urea tmenI of chronic eases
 areewell known to the medical profession
 of the south, and fortunately they will
 now be able to keep ther patients nearer
 home, while enjoying the advantages of
 theawell equipped hospitals of the north.
 Dr. A. H. Simonton, the proprietor,
 comes to us from Battle Creek Sanltari-
 unl,. one of the most successful institu-
 ttons of it's kind in the United States,
 where oyer 10000 patients are treated an
 nually. .,t.,..,z ,5.4,t-
 He has secured the house and lot on
 Twenty-first street and Avenue G. near
 the Davis infirmary. The building is to
 be repaired and fitted up with shower,
 spray and vapor baths, electric water
 bathsand electric light hot air baths, and the Tillerman-Shsffield hot air baths
 These baths have superseded the Turkish and Russian baths as health restorers.
 It will also be equipped with the latest devices for mechanical massage, manuel Swedish movements and especially de- signed appliances for local diseases, such as sciatica constipation, etc. It is also
 to be supplied with a stomach laboratory and with male, and female nurses trained in manual massage, hydro-therapy and electricity. This sanitarium is heartily welcomed by some of our leading physi-
 clans, who say it will fill long-felt want
 in this section. se
 The proprietor of this institution IS
 shown in the Chicago Medical Society
 "blue book" was graduated from Rush
 Medical college, Chicago. 1867, and from Surgery, including special ties, 1S93 These are regular colleges and mem- bers of the International Association or Medical colleges.nofbs e.s4.. t D4a After thirty years experience as, a physician in giving medicines, while not denreeiating their value he has become a. convert to the external method of treat ing chronic disease, He thinks such methods as he has adopted in his san1- tariurn the most powerful and effectlve in dealing with chronic diseases. lie says the most skilled scientist has not yet solved the chemical results of drugs with the fiues of the stomach, nor have they been able to tell their deleterious effects upon the delicate machinery of our physical fabric, which is so fearfully and wonderfully made. At the same time every physician who has applied the natural or external methods knows they are harmless and powerful agencies in arousing the dormant of life and in bringing them into healthful activity. The proprietor has great admiration for Father Kneipp, "the bare-footed priest" of Germany, and like him, be- lieves in the, efficacy of hot and cold wa ter as remedial agents. The doctors eX- perience in the successful treatment of | so many chronic diseases at the Battle Creek sanitarium has made him quite an | advocate of dieting and of health foods. Birmingham is blessed with several | intirmaries, presided over by skilled | physicians, devoted to specialties, such | as women diseases, surgery, etc. The | Birmingham sanitarium will occupy a | different field-the treatment of chronic | diseases. To this place the practicing physician can send those patients for l treatment who are afflicted with disease l beyond cure by medicines. He leaves | the family physician to prescribe while | he gives the natural or external treat ment He believes there are many cases l that can be successfully dealt with by | combining the two methods. Birming- l ham Is to be congratulated in having | secured such an institution