New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
THE NE " MONTEFTORE HOME.
A SANATORTUM FOR CONSERVATIVES TO
BE OPENED IN WESTCHES-
TER COUNTY

The Montefore Home Country sanatorum. at
Bedford Station. Westchester County. is TO be
formally opened next Thursday Memorial Day
The institution has Just been completed at cost
of s2o0GO II is intended for patients suffering from
consumption either in advanced or an incipient
stage There will be no charge for admission or
treatment
The ceremonies of dedication will be held at the
sanatorium, which is only short distance from the
Bedford Station, the Harlem Division of the
New-York Central Among those who are expect-
ed to speak are Vice-President Roosevelt Bishop
Potter and Governor Odeu. A handsome silk flag
VIII be presented by the Lafayette Post. Grand
Army of the Republic.
The sanatorium is the outgrovrtb of exneri-
mental work which has been carried on at Bed
tord Tor the last three years. This work has been
solely confined to the treatment and cure of tuher-
culosis and the results have been satisfactory 10
the directors that they thought 10 warrant
an institution on much larger scale. \ group Of
buildings constitute the new sanatorium The ad-
ministration building. in the middle is hanked with
wings on either side, which contain wards. be
hind which are accessory buildings for the kitchen
and laundry. Accommodation has been provided
for one hundred and fifty patients. An endowment
fund is being raised for the support Of the inst-
tuition. the latest contribution being $4,000 from
Leonard Lewisohn
The institution is under the direction of a spe-
cial committee composed OF directors OF the Monte
fore Home. Of this city. It's chairman is Lyman G.
g. Bioomtngdale chairman; Raphael Ettiuger sec
retary: Isaac Eppnger, Joseph Z. Heimerdinger
b. J. Greenhut Henry S Herman Henry Solo
mon. NJ Warley Platzek Jacob n SchH and
Louis Cans. ex-oftico; Isaac BIumenthal. F. Sulz-
berger, Adophus S. Solomons. honorary member.
The scope of work contemplated by the sana-
torium IS expressed in a letter written Mr..
BoOmingdale by Dr 5. A. knopf. who has been
identified with the movement to establish a similar
institution under State management. Dr. Knopf
writes in part follows:
Through the establishment of this institution for
the treatment OF consumptives you will not only
save thousands of lives directly by curing them.
but your work viii extend q still larger circle.
You take the uueducated and unframed cOnsump-
tive from his unsantary environment and thus pre-
vent him from injecting his kin and neigh
bors. You return him 10 his old environment. IL
not entirely cured at least improved. and that, TOO.
with such hygienic education and training that
he VIII become educational factor in his family
and neiEhborhood.
Thus the Montehore Country Sanatorium fuIfils
threcfOld mission: II isOlates when isolation Is
most needed in order To prevent further Contamina-
ton. II cures or improves where improve
ment is At all possible, and 1t educates invads
so that they will know how to live in order 10
continue their Improvement and protect others
from infection and themselves from reinfection
Those who TO take part in the opening exer-
cses viii leave the Grand Central Station on the
1918 train