The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
SEAC0ING SANITARIUM.
Doctors Plan to Cure Consump.
tives by an Arctic Cruise.
PATIENTS TO LIVE ON STEAMER

DR.. Frederick sohon, Who Was with
Peary, VIII Take This summer
Thirty Patients to Greenland ana
Above the Arctic Circle. Where
Germs Cannot Live Start to he
Made From Halifax.
An experiment Of great interest Is to
be made by DR.. Frederick Sohon of
New York city, who was in the arctic
regions twice with Peary, says a Wash
ington special dispatch to the New
York World. This experiment consists
OF radical application Of the outdoor
treatment for consumptives in an
ideal climate and atmosphere secured
through the agency Of steamer es-
pecially fitted as a seagoing sanitari-
UNI. in which three summer months
will be spent in Greenland above the
arctic circle. The steamer Havana has
been fitted up and will sail from Hal
flax June Is, returning Sept. 80. DR..
Sohon said recently:
THE plan have proposed and which
through the aid of a number Of bust.
ness men will be put into operation is
the result of my own experience. I
went with Peary in 1897 and was at
the time somewhat affected with tu-
berculosis. improved so rapidly.
gained in flesh despite our hardships
and built myself up so quickly that
was struck with wonder at what the
arctic region contained for persons
similarly affected. In 1902, when I
accompanied the party that rescued
Peary, l made the subject special
study, the results Of which were pub
lished in one Of the medical journals
a year and half ago.
THE climatic conditions in Green
land above the arctic circle are ideal.
Even at our best consumption resorts
in this country the patient has good
days and bad nights. He cannot go
out in the damp air, and ordinarily he
loses at night what he has gained dur
ing the day. The secret Of the out
door treatment for this disease Is
abundant sunlight and dry, cold, brac-
ing atmosphere.
I'm the arctic region in summer
there is a period Of three months of
never ceasing sunlight-every hour in
the twenty four. Think Of the effect
Of a continuous sun bath Of fourteen
weeks. Almost to the very northern
boundary of Greenland and far above
the arctic circle during the summer
months the temperature seldom falls
to freezing. In July and August 1t
never freezes, the temperature remain
ing at from IS to As degrees. There
is no increase Of heat during the day
and no cooling off at night, for OF
nights there is none, so the tempera-
ture must remain the same.
II have made numerous bacteriOlog-
ical cultures in Greenland and have
never found a disease germ. Such
germs cannot exist in that climate, as
their propagation depends upon tenn
perature almost as high as that Of the
human body.
There will be about thirty con-
sumptives on this trip. Half that num-
Der are already booked. We will
cruise along Baffin Land and central
Greenland, anchoring in various shell
tered fiords for the diversion and bene-
fit Of the patients. We shall penetrate
into the interior Of Greenland, going
about seventy five miles up the One
max ford, place that l have visited.
Those who form the party will live on
k1o~o &c, nI0nfv
and other amusement to be found for
those who are able to indulge in such
exercise. Our menu will be that of
first class hospital ship"