The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15

adjustment, not counting 4the chief
officers, of course.
While the visitor is getting this in
formation and much more from DR..
Marcley, he begins to realize that he
Is. cold. He has been travelling through
the corridors, where the winters air
blows through open windows, He has
passed sleeping rooms, where Law pa
I tlents swathed in blankets and furs,
apparently sleeping placidly, though
/ the cold air was blowing upon them
from an open window.
i At the end of the corridor the visitor
opens a door and steps upon the wide
veranda. There he sees what might
be scene on an ocean steamer.
Closely wrapped in blankets and furs.
score or more of women are reclin-
ing in lounging chairs, reading or chat
ting or writing letters seemingly as
obvious to the biting January air as
if they We're sitting before an open fire
at home. The broad prospect open
before them is an inspiring stretch of
landscape, and Wachusett seems al
! most to rise out of the garden.
l. s. Presently two girls who have been
skating on the neighboring pond os-
eend the piazza to tell of their pleasant
hexerclse Conversation levea.s ,ue
| fact that one quiet woman lying in a
chair has been at the hospital only
two days and has not got used to the
treatment. Is she warm enough? Well,
she mas not had time to get all the ex-
| ira clothing needed (from 80 to 100 Der
cent more than the ordinary cIothing),
ana her feet are cold as ice" she
says. One of the attendants tucks her
up more tightly, and the visitor in
nocently remarks that this patient
stands an excellent chance of getting
q pretty stiff cold.
| Not at ALL" replies the superintend-
ent. The remarkable thing about this
! treatment is that nobody ever takes
cola, however new they may be to the
| treatment. Some with a catarrhal
| tendency may be slightly affected Cor
DAY or Two but never long or seri-
DUSTY = We have no grip here no colds
| OF any kind One of the doctors went
nome and came back with a bad cold.
Some might have called it grip, but
MS trouble did not last long here. You
can say that the germs are frozenS ut,
y you want to. At any rate, the
! treatment is success, a great sue
cess. We have been open only since
oct. TO- and we. have accomplished
Iauch more than I've dared hope for.
mere are 46 women here and 66 men.
ana nearly every one of them is doing
well. We have never had DEATH
Thc hospital was designed to accom-
| modate 200 patients, but owing to the
incompletion of the construction and
| the necessity Of taking some room for
! administration purposes, there is room
for only 100, and the chances are that
all the cots will be taken by early
| spring.
This is good time to remark that
the cold air treatment is not essentially
new II mas been in vogue in Ger
MANY Tor 40 years, and for IS years or
| moro in this country. The Massachu-
sets hospital, however. is the largest
| establishment of the kind in the coun
! try DR.. -Trudeau,s place in the Adj
| rGndacks. which began operations som
IL years ago, accommodates about 100
patients. Dr.. Bowditchs sanitarium
at sharon, Mass, has been in existence
! for about ter years, and is sma, er
| There are other similar institutions at
: Aiken. S. c., and Citronville. Ala.
! 1t Is a compliment to Massachusetts
that the New York legislative commit
tee, charged with the duty of inyesti-
eating this general subject and making
! plans for a state sanitarium in the
! Adirondacks, is paying especial atten.
! ton to the Rutland Institution, and
apparently preparing to pattern after
! it. No other state in the union has
such a hospital
The sanitarlum treatment, as this
| process Is called, rests primarily upon
\ two principles. These are absolutely
pure, even cold air at all times, and
an abundance Zone is tempted to say a
superabundance) of plain but nutri-
tious food properly cooked. The pa