New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-03

4fOrded at .SanatOriums an Country
and City.


1t requires no argument to convince most per
sons that there's no place like home But FOR
the unfortunate ones in whom the symptoms
OF tuberculosis have been discovered there are
places much better than home. no matter how
many comforts Or Injuries the home may ahord
Good air and lots OF it, is the homely remedy
which has borne many good results, despite us
unscentihc ring. The old methods which made
exposure TO the afr a high crime have been cast
aside and the fresh air theory has become firmly
established. Except in a comparatively few IN
stances the best air cannot be found at nome
and the patient must go away-must sever thoas
ties which go to make sweet home" In order TO
live in the health restoring atmosphere. II was
for the accommodation OF these persons that
sanatoriums have been established in the varl-
parts Of the country where the air. tempera-
ture and situation possessed curative properties
Arizona, California, Colorado and several South
ern States have become known throughout the
country for their sanatoriums. and in the north
ern part of the United States the Adirondack
regions claim natural sanatorium has long
been established. Among the many places which
have been founded there for the accommodation
of sufferers from lung troubles in incipient and
advanced form the Adirondack Cottage Sana-
forum, founded by DIR. E. L. Trudeau in 1884 IS
the most prominent.
1t is well known that IL the patient Is de-
pressed and low spirited, homesick and blue
the good air Of the Adrondacks will do him less
good than if he Is cheerful hopeful and con-
tented. This fact kept in mind by the
founder of the institution. and he has sue
ceeded in making the persons who go there feel
at home and in giving them combination OF
home pleasures and delightful mountain air.
There is nothing institutional about the place.
he VflaIa
and one-half miles from Saranac Lake. and the
people who drive past the group OF cottages ar
ranged around the central administration build
ing would never think from its appearance that
it was q home for invalids. The cottages are
modest in size. and are arranged with an eye TO
the comfort of the occupants. and are supplied
with heating. ventilating and lighting arrange
ments as good as money can secure. 1t - sup
ported entirely by voluntary contributions. and
the physicians IN charge have made the subject
of tuberculosis speciality.
Another we'll known institution where men and
women who suffer from consumption taken
care Of IS nearer home. The Brooklyn Home for
Consumptives is In Kngston-ave-, between
Sterling and ST. Johns places. 1t has been in
existence more than twenty-one years and In
that time IL has been home for many people
whose sufferings nghtened and who felt
less keenly the dread disease with which they
were afflicted because OF care which they re-
ceived at the home. In describing the place one
of the officers OF the home said: 1T is not a
hospital merely, but home where shelter an :
medical attendance are provided without charge
for the inmates. The record Of cases relieved
and cured especially IN the case Of children. for
whom a special ward Is provided, is gratifyingly
large. In all cases It is a source OF qualification
to know how many comforts are provided for
hat +pei daV OaSSeQ
amid cheerful homeIike surroundings The in
stitution is managed by board Of women man
ayers of which the following are the officers:
President, Mrs s. V. White; first vice-president,
Mrs William r. Adams; second vice-president,
Mrs Henry Batterman; third vice-president,
Mrs Willis L. Ogden; recording secretary, Miss
Louise NJ Newman: corresponding secretary.
Mrs Frank Reynolds; treasurer, Mrs. Benjamin
Edison.
No officer and no member of the medical staff
is paid a salary. the matrons. nurses and ser
wants being the only paid employees. On the
medical board both schools of medicine are rep
resented. it being composed of three allopathio
and three homeopathic physicians.
An extract from the last annual report OF the
institution gives one an insight into the meth
DDS Of the place, of which Brooklyn is Justly
proud. The report reads in part:
The managers desire to state that it has been
resolved. unanimously, to continue the custom
Of accepting patients who are considered to be
in a hopeless condition. This institution is dis
tinctly home and, although the death rate is
largely increased by receiving the apparently
1noribund yet in numerous instances life and
usefulness have been prolonged, and occasion
ally a cure effected, when patients have SEEM
ingly been beyond human aid. We believe that.
in all cases when possible, to succor those who
cannot help themselves, IL only for the few re-
naming days of their lives, was the original
object and real mission Of this home
In the Adirondack region the Sanatorium
Gabriels has also been a home for many con-
sumptives. 1t formally opened in July,
1897, and is in charge of the Sisters of Mercy.
The sanatorium is situated on an undulating
plair near Paul Smiths and, like the Trudeau
Sanatorium consists of a central building and
a number of picturesque cottages, where pa
tients are made comfortable and are cared for
by competent physicians. 1t is not a charity
institution. but it receives sufficient support 10
allow 1t to take care of patients at so to SIS
a week. One patient in every ten is taken free.
This patient receives the same treatment has
the same rights and privileges and the same ac-
commodations as the pay bOarders, and the
fact that he does not pay Is not known to the
other inmates. No discrimination is made on
account Of creed race. and the people who
have lived there say that the Sisters have
succeeded in making the place a comfortable
home