Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-28
FORT BAYARD SAhITARIUM
The Routine of Daily Life at That Institu-
tion Is Conducive to the Rapid Recov.
cry Of the Patients.
OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE HOSPITAL

| The administrative force at the For
Bayard sanitarium now consists of tn
chief surgeon, three assistant surgeons
ten female nurses, one steward, tw
acting stewards and twenty privates II
hospital corps.
Scrupulous cleanliness prevails in al
departments, and Is likewise require,
of the patients. Kitchens, dining room
and dormitories are thoroughly scrub
bed each day. To prevent infection an,
re-infection no table cloths or napkins
are used in the dining room, the table,
are Of plain deal boards, and after eacl
meal are thoroughly cleansed with sa
soda and boiling water. All table war,
is boiled after each using. Each in
mate is supplied with towels and bee
linen, and no one is permitted to USE
those allotted to another. All are re-
4uired to bathe at least once each weel
and to increase the facilities for promp
observance of this ruling a large new
bath house is now in course Of construc
ton.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY X RAYS.
When admitted to the hospital eaci
patient undergoes complete physica
examination, and is photographed by ar
A-ray machine. A chart Is then drawr
showing the progress of disease at date
Of admission, subsequent conditions are
recorded daily, the chart thus showing
a complete and continuous history OF
each case. In addition a weekly record
is kept of each patients weight, and
If his general progress.
GOOD AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD.
Abundant good and nutritious food is
provided, that being an element of great
Importance in the treatment of tuber-
culosis The bill of fare consists of
breakfast, short order, at which meal
is served choice of several cereals, eggs
% order, potatoes, broiled beefsteak,
nam, chops, breakfast bacon, rolls,
toast, wheat, bread, butter, coffee and
milk. Dinner-Roast mutton and beef,
vegetables, fresh fruit, bread, butter
md milk. Supper-Cold meats, meat
stew, boiled and baked potatoes, stewed
fruit, corn and wheat mullins, bread
and butter coffee and tea. Reference Is
made to the food supplied, as 1t is a
natter that must not be overlook
ed any more than one could ignore cli-
matte conditions and other factors in
successful treatment.
TREATMENT.
In treatment certain rules are laid
down for observance b., the patients,
and they are required to strictly OBJ
serve them. In substance they are as
follows, viz: Attention is first directed
20 the fact that consumption is an infec-
lious disease. caused by germ, which
IS found in the spit as well as in every
hing coughed out by one afflicted with
the disease. Great stress Is laid on the
necessity to destroy the matter raised
IN coughing and splitting, and it is fully
impressed on the patients that were the
spit and other matter allowed to dry
and float through the air in the form of
dust, millions of germs would be freed
to the imminent danger of healthy peo-
ole, and would often re-infect the sick,
thus undoing the benefit derived from
months of careful treatment. Each pa
tient is provided with a cup, which he is
instructed to use exclusively, and no
patient is allowed to make use of the
cup with which some fellow patient has
been provided. These cups are made Of
paper on wire frames, and when a cup
is half filled it must be burned as the
only safe method for disposing of the
matter contained in them. The frames
are frequently washed with carbolic So
tuition. Each patient must carry his
cup with him and use it carefully in
such manner it will not be necessary to
use handkerchiefs or other cloths to
wipe lips or whiskers. Great caution Is
exercised to prevent inmates expecto-
rating on the floor, in the bath tubs,
sinks and closets. All are especially
cautioned never to use their handker-
chiefs for such purpose, and should any
one by accident spit elsewhere than In
the cup provided for that purpose, an
immediate report must be made to in
sure proper disinfection. Whether half
filled or otherwise, no cup Is permitted
in use more than twenty-four consecu-
tive hours.
OUTDOOR LIFE.
10 be benefited by this excellent cli-
mate, sufferers from consumption must
live outdoors as much as possible, and
when in doors windows should be kept
open. To that end all inmates of the
hospital who may be able to get about
are not permitted to occupy their DOR
mitories between the hours Of 8 a. m.
and 1880 p. m. Visiting In quarters is
not permitted. Not only are the ambu-
liant patients required to absent them
selves from the dormitories between
those hours, but 1t Is strongly urged
that they remain entirely out Of doors
at least eight hours daily.
EARLY TO BED.
Each patient is required to make his
own bed and keep his personal belong
ings neatly arranged. All are advised to
retire early, take moderate exercise, un-
less forbidden by the surgeon in charge,
to eat slowly and chew their food thor
oughly. All are instructed not to use
their individual forks or spoons to help
themselves to food from any dish other
than their own plates.
1t Is also requested Of patients that
they try to refrain from coughing at
meals, and they are impressed Of the
fact that with slight effort they can do
much to prevent themselves coughing.