Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-05
FORT BAYARD
SAN|TAR|UM
Former Physician II The Post
Gives Account Of Life and
Treatment
NUMBEROFP ATlENTS
Remarkable Results Being oi-
tanned. Tuberenlar Patients
being sent From Various
Branches ~ service

Urs III ID FINK, formerly stationed
At Fort Bayafd, where be performed
The surgical operations. conducted tht
physical examinations and treated
many cases Of consumption, has given
out the following interesting account
Of the LIE and successful treatment
Of patients II this military sanitarium
for Tho cure Of tuberculosis.
Fort Bayard WAS originally i mill.
tary post. but about i've years ago II
was abandoned ~ q military station
. VA turned Into d hospital for
The sole treatment Of tuberculosis and
Y At the present time attracting i
great deal d attention Iii Tint direcl
ton,
There ore at present about no in,
tients who are soldiers, sailors aasss
members III tho United States Marine
Corps, Az soon as It III found tint
any d has tuberculosis In one 81 iho
above branches of the service. III Ii
sent % Fort Baysrd q be treated ior
The disease.
Every patient an The INV On which
be II admitted n given il thorough
physical examination and d diagram
Il drawn ef Tho discussed portion nf his
lungs. He II then scnt ID the hospital
fer 4 few days ii determine whether
oT moi he Fl ahtr 81 Tive iii quarters
and npt directly under the care Of d
surgeon such cases 40 called am
Lulants and arr given tho freedom ot
this post but ara not allowed q 10 in
81 Tho quarters during the day II tho
weather ii pleasant.
The life that ii led by The patients
Il one 81 great regularity. They ID %
bed at 7 Il ~ aad sci up at 10 in
the morning, taking breakfast Ill &
o'clock From Z until ~ They mo IT,
aalred 10 81 on The porches of lii the
sun, Being sent ID bed at / b nj. hi
tents They are obliged 10 leave The
laps up and remain perfectly quiet for
three hours. They then put on their
clothes and wander about on The res.
ervation.
They take dinner nt y d. N. and IN
Ill bed time they are 10 the reading
and billiard rooms. The diet Il % q
wholesome and nutritious character.
milk and eggs forming the major por
ton. To prevent any boiling q food
the patients are required 70 stay IN tho
mess hall at least twenty minutes.
The temperature Of Ill ,ambnlant
patients IN taken twice il day and II
found 10 be above ~ degrees they are
ii once put to bed in tho hospital and
required 10 remain there FOR several
days or until the temperature becomes
normal. Il Ii found that these In the
frst stages uf the disease Will III 4
temperature IL allowed too much tx.
Perfect rest and quiet ID bed
Ii the surcst means 81 reducing Il.
Horseback riding ii forbidden III 4
great number have had hemorfhages
while INDUCING. Each patient has
i thorough examination every two
and d chart made 80 that II ix
possible 10 tell the exact degree of i'm
prosement III each individual case.
Weights are taken once 4 week and II
he patient u found 10 be losing he Is
put 10 bed Or confined q The porch q
HE hospital iuflns This lime III i "a
i special diet
The number 81 caaek treated dur
Ing the year ending July \, 1903, were
s0s. Tho number u cases Improved
were Isl, Those improved showed
decrease ID ths lung Tissues III
VOWED. those ii which the disease
bad simply become arrested we're
chased Ill u%almproyed.
The secret 81 the Treat success
achieved Il Fort Isatera lies ii Aes
Mexioas ~unexctlled eliffptt the fact
that liz iert 4 i military institution
q that the patients arn comp He'd tn
obey all instructions AMI II the fact
sha ! repeated examinations male
10 each case render II easy sp deter
mine what il necessary III each III
stance
The hospital i Il present being re
bntli, cold storage and electric light
plania arr being Installed and 4 labor
story costing $1,000 Ii tseinT added and
equipped Win everything known to
science solartums ~ being erected
where patients viii NJ required to
take sun baths and In fact everything
nov used In The treatment IL tnbefcu
losis will be added for the cure and
comfort Of al o. those entitled 10 be-
admitted 70 this institution !