The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-26
CONSUMPTION AT NORDACH.
How Patients are Treated at Sar

| How Patients are Treated at SAM
tarium in the Black Forest.
At the end of drive of about ten
miles in one of the most beautiful of
the the Black Forest valleys, suddenly
at a turn of the road there comes into
view the famous Nofdash sanitarium
for the cure of consumption. Some one
has said very truly that any one who
| died of disease below the diaphragm,
| spends the days of his illness in gloomy
| despair with little hope of recovery in
this world, and much foreboding as to
| the after life, But very different are
| the feelings of those who suffer from
| troubles that have their origin in the
chest cavity. And very eagerly does
the poor cough-t tired mortal grasp at
the straw held out to him in the in
formation that the dread disease from
which he suffers may be cured. The
very nature of his malady make him
optimistic, and the first glimpse of the
stored building of pine wood, i'm
the midst of the forest, gives him a
thrill of happy anticipation. 1t is big
building that he first sees, that reminds
him of the Noah's arks of his childhood
days. 1t seems to be all windows, and
during the year they are only closed
in the most severe wealth +. The willing,
eager patient shivers little as he
thinks of the warm furnace-heated
rooms to which he has been accustom-
ed.
The valley is over 1850 feet above the
sea level, and Is protected from the
winds of the north by high mountains
whose sides are covered with dark, odor
Gus pine trees. To the south and south
west it is open that the warm winds
may have full sweep, The pretty little
huts of the peasantry may be seen here
and there in the distance, and beautiful,
indeed, is the view spread out before
one, hill, valley, and mountain side, and
the soft skies making perfect picture
that is made only more perfect by the
quiet over all, the soft silence, unbroken
except for the hum and Whirr of nature.
Winding paths intercepting the wide
road indicate the way trodden to the
three hospitals. In different parts Of
the valley are these houses which con-
tain only bedrooms
The Spese-Saal is the large building,
and about five minutes walk from it
is the second hospital building, which
also is noticeable for the long rows OF
open windows The chief building is
the Anstalt, which is the Noahs ark
like place one sees first. Another build
ing is a small Catholic chapel, which,
however. is little used, and as the dis
ta iG ~
est Protestant worship the inmates con-
tent themselves with occasional services,
when a minister is among the inmates.
For hygienic reasons, such gatherings
of the inmates are discouraged.
Presently the inmates appear, walking
so slowly that one concludes at first
that there must be some disease of the
locomotor muscles prevalent. This is
familiar to patients as the kur-schitt
and the gait at which one proceeds in
dictates the degree Of recovery. The only
person who walks with the swing and
the stride of the other men is the doc
tor.
The first interesting event at the
cure is the invitation to the dining
room. This is a long hall. with the
table the full length of it, arranged
very tastefully and situated in a
thorough draught. In fact, there are
no windows in the frames during the
greater part of the year. Looking at
the brown happy faces of those seated
around the table one can scarcely real
ize that only a short time ago the ma
jority of them were confined to beds in
the hospital, which no one is allowed
to leave until he has conquered by rest
good food and fresh air the consuming