The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-16

systematically confOrIned TO such rules
and principles as Will efficiently and
curatively modify his disOrdered vital
processes.
This institution employs no secret
methods, claims to possess no panacea
IL is simply a place where, by the aid
of the helps afforded by modern ideas
of hygiene, sanitation and rational med
icine. the patient is trained and ed1-
Gated out Of his MORBID state into n
condition of health. First OF all. OF
course, morbid conditions must be cor
rected so far as medical and surgical
means can accomplish the work; but
when this has been done there still re-
mains a work which is too often neg
Iected. although the need of it is rec
ogniZed by intelligent and progressive
physicians everywhere, and the want
met so far as the home conditions Of
the patient and facilities at command
will allow.
We aim 10 cure the patient, not sim
ply his malady. \ large share OF the
patients who visit the Sanitarium have
had their diseases cured many times.
Their torpid livers have been cured
again and again by patene medicines
and nOstTums Of various sorts. Their
diseased kidneys may have been many
times cured by Kidney Cures and
various Wanted specifics. Their indi-
gestiOn has been cured scores of times
by stomach tonics' guaranteed TO cure
without attention TO diet Their
nerves have been toned up and toned
down by the most powerful specifics
advertised in newspapers and alma
macs. Nevertheless, they are still sick,
and have not infTequently reached
condition in which their jaded liyers,
L ct oh m h1
ed TO react to the remedies swallowed,
and the once highly priced mixtures
no longer give even temporary relief.
Quite large proportion of the in
vaIids who visit the Honolulu SAM
tariUm are of the most chronic and OBJ
stinate class. and have previously Wis
tied many springs and health resorts.
Almost every change has brought some
relief. but the root of the difficulty re-
mains. and can only be eradicated by a
careful and a scientifically directed
course of health culture.
'This is just the class of patients to
which a sanitarium ought TO be adapt
ed. The temporary relief afforded by
palliative means is no longer obtain
able. Radical measures must be adopt
ed, and for the successful employment
of such means a well regulated institu-
ton, with it's trained corps of attend
ants. it's systematic rules and regula-
tions, is absolutely indispensable.
1.-The managers have undertaken to
make of the Honolulu Sanitarium a
scientific establishment; the
case of every patient who visits the
institution is most thoroughly and eX
haustively investigated. Physical eX
animation is carried as far as rational
means at present known to the profess
Ill
scopical and chemical Investigations In
cases upon which such studies may
throw light"
The methods of treatment include all
remedies for disease, and in adj
dition a large number of means which
can be best employed in sanitarium,
EN- bracing the various resources of hy-
drotherapy, Turkish. Russian, Vapor
and Electric Baths, Electricity. Mas
sage and Swedish Movement, modifica-
tions of diet, physical culture. etc.
There is no specific system" or roIIt-
inc method employed. The prescription
for each patient is based upon the re-
suits of the careful examination made
Of his particular case, the specific wants
of which are considered, and met by
suitable medicinal and other treatment
and an appropriate regulation of his
diet and regimen if required. Mental
and moral means are not forgotten.
The nervous patient must not only re-
ceive a suitable prescription for diet,
etc, but must be trained to self-con-
troll. The nerasthenic must be taught
how to conserve nervous energy and
how TO cultivate nerve tone. The hys-
terical and hypochondriacal must be
convinced TO the dangers arising from
and self-centering of
the mind. and must be cajoled into a
healthful activity of mind and body.
A man with a bad stomach or weak
liver must be taught how to give his
stomach and liver an easy time. The
chronic piIl-swallower must be weaned
from his doses, and the peripatetic val
etudinarian must be inspired with IN
to become something better
than a travelling museum of maladies.
The woman who takes an inventory Of
her symptoms every morning lest one
should have disappeared over night
must be iostled out of her invalid ruts
and must be inspired with a whole
some hatred of disease and an earnest
determination to escape from its thral-
dom
An effort is made to inspire every
one of the nurses and medical attend
ants employed in the institution with
the thought that the place must be
kept full of sturdy ideas about health
and wholesome living. and that every
room must be kept aglow with mental
and moral sunshine through the agen-
cy of cheerful surroundings. kindly
sympathy and efficient and amiab'e
service.
Since it's establishment, the Homo
lulu Sanitarium has received and sue
cessfuIly treated several hundred pa
tients, quite number of whom are
from the United States and the various
Islands of this group. The patronage
has been such that the buildings have
already become too small. for months
nearly every guest room having been
occupied.
A large number of treatments are adj
ministered daily to persons who find it