The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

NEW YORK

There is no danger whatever in assem-
/ bling these patients under proper conditions,
| with few trained nurses employed by the
| city to tend them and care Tor them and
| We should at the same time avoid the cruel
! ty now rracticed in the utter neglect which
drives these dgnE at to
1t has been suggested by more than one
| scientist that 1t would be possible to stamp
I universally agreed that wherever a case is
4; found 1t should be absolutely Isolated and
/ taken in charge by the authorities until the
, patient was either cured or mad died; But
| We may avoid all Unnecessary cruelty in the
separation Of husband and wife, parents and
! child. by the establish ment of these sana-
toria to which the patients could resort
/ daily for proper treatment ana, what Is
most important, instruction in the mode OF
| life.
We would accomplish the sare results and
end the rule of the ravager by, this COM
nonsense handling of the problem at the
right time in the right way.
We do not need more hospitals for the
dying but We do need saratori "a for the
cure. Of those for whom there is still the the
consider that of the hundred cases found IN
one week in the city of New YORK under
existing conditions at least 10 per cent VIII
or two, are not forced to the conclusion
that it is criminal to delay Tor moment
the adoption of this practical plan or OF
some practical plan to cure the % per cent
that are durable?
LIVES THAT ARE SAVABLE.
1t is impossible to set any money value
upon human life, yet every one Of these
hundred patients is worth at least $1,000 to
the community. not to speak OF the value
which attaches to that person in the hearts
Of relatives and friends. II may be termed
socialism and .paternalisnl. but 1t Is COM
mon sense. after all. which dictates the
proper care and saving of the lives of so
many citizens that are sayable.
1t should not be forgotten that New York
Is not the only commercial center OF the
United States. but that II sets the example
and may lead ir this movement to infinite
results for all the rest Of these United
a few lives here. though according to the
most conservative estimates to-day. there
are 80, coo poor consumptives In Greater New
York requiring proper treatment
When those of the wealthy or middle
class are touched by the finger OF this de-
stroyer they may resort to physicians and
specialists special psOp and receive that treatment
t GhR % The he dssrd sqs Ia hV m nas
be able to afford to build sun parlors for
themselves. either on the roofs OF their
the beneficial influence of that healing light
which is the best gift Of nature to man.
The ancient Greeks and Koreans had their
solaria. in which they basked, and, though
they did not understand the scientific rea-
sons for the beneficial action of the suns
W Tass hsy Know %hS and
into tenement houses or small Hats. into
which the suns rays seldom enter, we de-
Erive ourselves CT the cnaHCeS OF lie ana
health that are spread out as wide as hsav
en- itself.
1t is true that our parks have proven the
lungs of the city. and they VIII be of still
greater value to us in the years to come.
when we have erected at different places
not merely conserva:ories for the plants to
be kept over winter but conservatives for
human plants, to which the suffering may
freely resort day after day in wintry
weather and find heat and the artificial sun
shine. 1t seems strange that we have had
to wait SO long to awaken the necessity
for gaining all We can from natures own !,
aroused, why should we wait until the con-
sumptive patient has passed the border line
of hope to find room for him in narrow
first attacked by this germ and first shows
signs of weakness?
TO RELIEVE SUFFERING POOR.
~ least one Of the New Xork hospitals