The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-06-09

Directory OF Institutions and Societies
dealing with Tuberculosis IN the
United States and Canada:
That consumptivc insane patients
may be kept and treated, 10 their nd.
vantage and incidentally to the ad.
vantage Of their followinmates. 10
canvas tents. and throughout the sew.
eral seasons OF the year. has been
demonstrated ln tho recent history NJ
The Manhattan State Hospital. Elst
The experiment upon the success NJ
which this claim ls advanced has GOV.
cred o. period ~ forty months.
IN all hospitals for the insane he In.
mates are classified according to the
form OF mental disturbance To take
from all these classes any suffering
from tuberculosis and put them TO.
gothor in one tent was q serious prob.
lem. This however has been very
successfully done Tho original plan
was 10 use the camp only about Eve
months during each summer.
The camp fret established consist.
cd ~ two larro dormitory tents
twenty hy forty fcot-oach containing
twenty beds. with smaller tents OF
different shapes about ten by Ten
feet ior the accommodation OF The
nurses The care of the hospital stores
pautrlcs and dining tent for such
patients as were able to leave their
beds and tents and go 10 the table for
their meals Running water was sc.
cured by means OF underground nlpog
and the safe disposition OF waste and
sewage was also provided for
A has been said. Il was expected 10
contiauo the camp only through the
summon and as FAR into tho autumn
as favorable weather might render
justlaablc. But when IN the late au.
tumn &c was found that tho favomble
experience continued. II was decided
70 attempt TO carry the experiment.
on moderate scale. into, or even
through. the approaching winter. The
cnmp. as first established. had been
placed upon an elevated knoll adjacent
10 The riverside and purposoly exposed
TO the full force Of the summer
hrcezcs. For the winter experiment
It's tito was removed TO the center of
tho island. whore trees and buildings
lnterposod TO act as a wlndbrcak 10
tho severe storms from the east and
northeast which are TO be expected In
that locality. The number OF patients
was reduced 10 twenty. those In whom
the disease was most active being re.
tanned and the others being returned.
for the time being. and much against
their will, 70 the buildings. one lafgc
tgnt sufiicos for the housing at night
OF tho reduced number OF patients.
and one was set apart as a sitting.
room for day use. with the accessory
tents before mentioned. and large
stoves were placed In them. here and
thorc. with wire screens surrounding
them to protect the patients. and
liberal use OF asbestos and other Gre.
proof material ,.hd arrangements Tor
tho prevention OF hre.
To make a long story short. II has
remained In continuous use. not only
throughout the hrst winter but
through the two succeeding winters
and intervening seasons mp TO the
iato OF the present writing The scope
N ita employment has been gradually
enlarged until an patients In whom
/ there are active manifestations of
tuhorculosls-an average OF forty.
three out OF a total census OF about
,,0OO-are isolated therein, and there
has been parallel enlargement OF TIE
elements OF the plant
The isolation OF tho tuberculosis pa.
tents has reduced 10 minimum the
/ danger OF Infection Of other patients
and OF employees Tho patients them.
selves have suffered no injury or hard.
ship. but have. on the contrary. been
Enthusiastically benefited. This Is shown,
among other ways. BY decrease IN
the death rate from pulmonary tuher.
| culosls. both absolute and relative.
and by marked general increase IN
bodily weight. amounting In the case
NJ oro patient to an actual doubling or
The wsght-frgm eighty.three to one
hundred and slSty,slX pouuds-in -four.
tc0n months OF camp residence
Mental Improvement has as a gouef.
Al rule boon the conoomitant OF physl.
cal, not only among the patients IN ne
tuberculosis camp. hut also IN me
others, Jud In the former class int
has been somewhat OF an anomaly.
My experience. and I think that of
others has been that when phthlss
snd insanity cooNlst they are apt 10
alternate as 10 the prominence of Their
several manifostations-t mental
symptoms being more pronounced
whilst the physical are IN allegiance
and vice versa. Under the tent treat
meht We have found general dis
position toward accord In the nantes
tatlons, improvement IN both respects
proerediug conCurrontly, and some oi
Tho discharges from the hospital which
gave most satisfaction TO us at the
time, and most assurance for the ul.
tents future, were Of Inmates OF the
tuberculosis camp
Il was apprchendod that not only
might the patients themselves resent
their transfer, but that similar obioc,
tlon might come from their relatives
and friends since innovations. even
progressive ones, are apt TO Doe
frowned upon by those who constitute
tho majority In the clientele OF a pub
lie hospital In cosmopolitan city