The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
st. Louis Saturday and Sunday AS
ISOLATION Plans Gigantic Insti-
tuition for Western Plains.
PHILANTHRoPISTs INTERESTED.
Federal Government to Be Asked
for 144,000 Acres of Land
Doctor W. H. May
fields Report.

against consumption have been inaugurated
by the Hospital Saturday and Sunday AS
ISOLATION Of st. Louis. Belief is expressed
IN the efficacy of the open-air treatment
recently tried successfully in Indiana. and
II Is proposed to establish a great free SAN
ttarium either in Colorado. New Mexico or
Arizona, to cost, perhaps. several million
dollars.
Doctor W. H. Mayheld. whose office is
at Taylor avenue and West Belle place,
yesterday filed with J.. a. waterworth,
secretary of the association, a report on
the subject Of a national sanitarium, which
he had been directed to make by the asso-
citation at a meeting held last February.
Doctor Mayfield recommends. and finds it
TO be practicable, to have the National
Government devote fifteen square miles,
1+i.0O acres, of public lands in one of the
states mentioned, to an institution for con-
sumptives.
1t IS also authoratatively stated that a
certain philanthropist stands ready to de-
note Slv,Uo to the cause. Expressions have
oeen heard from other humanitarians along
me same lines. The belief is current that
II the Hospital Saturday and Sunday As
ISOLATION, through its various branches
can arouse Congress to the great need of
a national sanitarium. secure the land and
an endowment. the erection and equipment
OF buildings would be insured by private
In this connection it is said that for the
housing Of patients who would come from
an parts OF the country and be treated
without charge, only a few buildings would
be necessary.
Patients Would BE Housed in Tents.
Most of the patients would be placed in
tents scattered over the l4+O0 acres. and
mus gwen all the rarified air and sunshine
which is held to be the most potent agents
In the battle against tubercle bacilli.
u. Ii Ten Brock. attorney, and other
prominent workers in the hnSuifa1 aSSprfa-
tion. have been corresponding with various
men OF prominence and societies interested
N inc stamping out OF COn-uIny-iJu. They
believe that no difficulty should be expe-
rlenced IN getting Congress to donate lands
ana make an appropriation, and chen find
ready support from private sources in the
night against the most prevalent and deadly
disease known TO this or any other country.
me sanitarium must be of a national
character, said Mr.. Ten Brock. Patients
oy thousands, perhaps tens OF thousands,
5lodId he treated free. This look; Ike a
pEg proposition. and it is. for humanity. but
tAe cost OF construction and maintenance
would be low under proper management.
Doctor Mayheld's report, TO which he has
gwen months Of careful research at the re-
quest of the Hospital Saturday and sunday
ASSOCIATION. shows that with proper organ
Ing the open-air treatment NAV be reduced
10 a minimum"
Fearful RavaEes of summit
Doctor Mayheld says that the battle med
leal science has wagsd against
N-NN AADNANAAOSAS Is an l-
iec-uouS disease, communicated from person
10 person by means Of the dried sputum of
c1nsInnpuve patients" II kills one-seyenth
OF al the population Of the world. and four
ana a half LINES more persons than 40
snlaitpoH, scarlSt fever. typhoid fever ana
dipntnerta combined. In 1895 IL SIS residents
CT New York died of conSImption.
IN this connection 1t is stated that the
Seath OF thousands OF persons is FASTENED
by consumption without the existence of
the pulmonary tuberculosis being apparent
a[Om pnyslcai signs. The only safeguard
sgdIlst the disease Is quarantine against il.
DOCTOR Mayneld calls attention to the fact
that the second great tuberculosis Congress
N the history of the world will be held In
SL LOUIS IN 1901. and it is becoming that the
mOVenent TO stamp out the disease IN
time. ina
The report will be submitted at a meeting
OF the hospital association to be held in
a few weeks. In part Doctor MayfeId saws:
10 cure tuberculosis the patient must be
tTansplanted from the dollhouse home In
which he has lived to outdoor life. he Is r.
breathe a dry. oZonous. rarifsd air and 10
ear WIG meats and vegetables and fruits
t~ortiheS a mans physical powers.
Sanitarium Plan Outlined.
During the last five years the author
mas traversed and studied the West for the
purpose of locating a denonminational SAN
ltarlum Tor consumptive. But as he looked
over the ground his views widened and he
saw that the welfare of all the people
could be best subserved only by a great
national institution located on the Arid
Plains of New Mexico. Colorado or Ari-
iona.
mo costly buildings are needed for dort-
cilling patients. An administration build
Ing. an ice plant, cold storage and an cleo
trio plant will provide modern comforts.
and tents will give the best of shelter.
The thousands that are dying in miserable
novels or crowded sections in the cities of
the land can here bask in almost perpetual
sunshine, breathe the life-givinE air of
heaven and eat the food which viii reju-
venate their bodies.
Enough has already transpired to en-
courage a vigorous prosecution OF the sub
lect. Its feasibility is assured. Major D..
NJ. Appel. NJ D., who is in charge of the
Military Hospital at Fort Bayard. n. NJ.
reports that absolute cures are common
there in all stages of consumption. No
more encouraging report could possibly be
made. In Phoenix. AriZ.. there is a popu-
lation Of B.0O persons, of whom 1900 were
consumptves, who are now in such health
as to be able to follow ordinary vacations
vigorously. The same can be said of points
in New Mexico and Colorado