The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
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NCoMsllHpIlyES'

Fresh air, sunlight and plenty Of goo,
food are the only requisites.
FAVORS LOCATION
IN MISSOURI HILLS.
"of course, a slightly higher altitude
say thousand feet, is to be recommend
ed, as the air there is usually freer from
germs and the slight change from thu
lowlands to the hills is always stimulat
ing. One gets more good out Of vaca
ton. for example, that is spent in the
hills than If he were only to go down tt
the rivers edge outside the city, though
the air is purer than in town.
LAS to the diet in the cure of consunp-
| ton, there has been radical change II
the last few years. The .stufing' method
used to prevail and under 1t the patien,
was fed not only as much as he could
eat. but was encouraged to eat as much
again, II possible. This method proved OF
/ the patient, as whatever was gained tr
the extra nourishment was lost in the In
creased effort the body had to make tc
| get rid of the surplus waste.
| Good, plain food. without any pastry
| or other things hard to digest, is now the
| rule, and the patients tastes are consult
| ed 30 far as is practicable. Plenty OF
| milk, eggs and good. tender meat is CIV
en-. The milk is of the freshest, and
where It is possible the institution runs
| its own dairy. vegetable garden and poul-
| try farm. This insures that the viands of
/ the patients are fresh, for city milk is
usually from fifteen to twenty hours old
when it is delivered
THE patient should be kept free from
worry as far as possible, as a sunny
frame of mind is one Of the best aids of
sunny climate. Every day that the
weather permits should be spent in the
open air. and if the patient has no fever
some exercise should be taken. Those
that have fever should be made to rest
until the fever disappears.
I'm the Adirondacks Cottage Santa
rum, which is a model in many ways,
the patients sit out on the sunny yeran-
das when the temperature is below zero.
They are well muff1ed up in furs and
never take cold. The rooms Of the cot
tages are heated but complete ventilation
is assured by a space left free at the top
OF the partitions. where the air can cir
culate.
AS far as possible the patients admit
ted to the sanitarium are in the incipi-
ent stage, and in these cases the death
rate is extremely small, while those whose
lungs are affected to a greater degree
rave their lives preserved and are often
cured
ST. LOUIS NEEDS
PLACE FOR CONSERVATIVES.
There is absolute need for a local SAM
tarium, not necessarily in the territory
contiguous to st. Louis, but within easy
reach OF the physicians and their pa
tents.
Many who delay until their case is too
FAR advanced to cure do so from a dread
of going far away from family and
friends If there were a sanitarium with
In few miles or hundred miles of st.
Louis, many lives forfeit to consumption
every year would be saved.
The establishment of such an institu.
ton is one Of the greatest philanthropic
works that could be done by those who
are inclined to benefit their fellowmen.
TOO many cures have been effecteS
under the 'open-air' treatment to leave
any doubt Of the efficiency Of this method
for the cure of consumption, and 1t is no
longer a theory but fact that confronts
US. Since the death rate for consumption
surpasses that from any other disease,
as it long has done. it is time for an
active campaign against this malady, and
the open-air method is the one that prom
ises the best results
Doctor William C. Glasgow of No. es47
Washington avenue, who has had long
experience in the treatment of consump-
ton, said to The Republic, in answer to a
question as to the proper treatment for
consumption:
Good fresh air. sunshine, nourishing
food and freedom from .worry-those are
the essentials in the cure of consumption
and great benefits have accrued to pa
tents who have carried them out. Life
in the open air is the most natural life
and one that affords the fresh air and
sunshine stated as necessary to a cure.
The proposed sanitarium for the City Hos
pital patients commepds itself to me. as
they would be infinitely better or in
the open air than in the low-ceiled rooms
of the present building.
so many cures have been effected that
there can now be no doubt of the prac-
Ol the opSh-dii tiCdlaiCAhs
where the patients are made to stay out
in the sunshine and the good fresh air.
No matter how cold 1t may be- so long
as the weather is not stormy, the patient,
il wrapped up and fortified against taking
cold, can be safely left out Of doors for
the greater part Of the day.
There need be no especial diet, except
that rich and indigestible foods should be
eliminated. Milk. eggs and beef are nour-
ishing and may be used to the extent of
the patients appetite.
SUNS RAYS BETTER
THAN ARTIFICIAL METHODS
Sunlight is, believe. an important fac
tor In the cure. The value Of light as
germ killer is we'll known and the more
sunlight the patient receives the quicker
should be the cure.
Many methods Of treatment have been
proposed and, understand. have been
used successfully where artificial light is
Used in place Of the SUMS rays. These
treatments are in an experimental stage
at best, and although have tried them
to as great an extent. I believe. as any