The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-06-10


calls the open-air life the keynote Of
sanatorium treatment. He further
says that the patient, instead OF being
kept In a carefully warmed room ven
tilated from other parts Of the house,
according to the popular notions OF
old. lives In the open air from morn
ing I'll night. at all seasons and in all
weathers Lack OF fresh air is the
greatest predlsposing cause Of con
sumption; fresh air is the most po-
tent means Of restoring him TO he,dth-
Now this prescription IS very easy
70 carry out in dry climates such as
those Of Egypt, the Alpine health re-
sorts, South Africa or Colorado; but
Il requires special arrangements and
special precautions in damp and
rainy climate The credit Of showing
how this may be accomplished belongs
mainly to Brehmsnr. Deitweiler and
their followers. The open-afT method
may perfectly well he carried out IN
any climate which is healthy for those
Who are rot consumptiYe. As Leon
Petit Observes: Here the climate
may help the cure. =. there Il
may hinder Il; but It only exerts
secondary influence on the treatEn eBt.
Gl Moreover. Just as the pleasantsst
climates are not always those which
are best fer healthy people. (21 20 q
may be that the most pleasant elm
ates for al ouf-of-door lte-Nhere the
air IS warm and dry and uttla rain
falls-are not best for those cnnsump
tiyes Who have later on 10 return r.
n less favored place. Il is hracinE
climates rather than warm and ecu
able ones which have the greatest In
fueace in restoring the cnusuus ptizs
to health. in ali but exceptional cases
For the open-aIr treatment. a four
fold shelter should be provided against
sina. excessive cold. extreme sun heat
and rain Wind raises dust. Increases
cough IN consgmpuves. and intensiaes
the chilling effects Of cold. The for
eign sanato5ia with few exceptions
have both natural and artificial she11r
against wind Cold within certain Inn
its is useful To the consumptire. but
IL should be a Rindiess cald. and suit
ed 10 the individual poser Of rezc-
ton. As damp intensihes the eli
matte effect OF both heat and cold. the
chilly eonsumrtiYe Elil De able 10
Withstand a lower temperature in
dry than Ia humid climate. Protec-
ton against rain and snow will seem
70 most people an obvious necessity.
although AZ Nordach rain ls often dis
regarded. Il IS not enough 10 provide
NsI ia -. Haaa
" hieh are protected against rain At
certain stages exercise IL imperative.
and sheltered paths and open covered
corridors are needed for exercise IN
rainy weather At FAikenstein there
is such a corridor 200 feet long
In places whore the suns rays are
veFy powerful. rs az Canisnu Ia the
Pyrenees. direct exposure 20 the sun
IS found 20 Increase the tendency 20
fever Even al Hohenhonnef on the
Rhine. which Is not far south. large
veraadah has been provided which in
ho; weather can be artiaeiaiiy cooled
By a stream Of water Protection
against Elnd and weather Is Afforded
In most saaioria By large Yerandas.
which may be husd wsth movable
glass screens. as the Adirondack Cot.
tage SauAtorllm- In our own climate
It would be useful 10 have veTauda
with a hollow floor, which could be
warmed. as cold and damp can b
more easily borne II the feet sre
kept warm other simpler ways are
the provision OF hot bottles and warm
clothing Redundancy also helps a
chilly patient. The blood circulating
with less cardiac effort in this posi-.
tiou. According to DR.. weleker and
DIR. Jacoby. the recumbeat position
also fayors the flow Of blood to the
aplees OF the lungs. Ia most foreign
sanAtoria summer houses or sun
boxes are also provided: at FaIkea-
stein some of these can be rotated ac-
corting to the direction OF the wind.
DR.. Burton.Fanning. in his expert
mental sanaiorium near cromer. has
modified the vell-knovn shelters Of
our seaside resorts by providing them
with reversible glass screens
(i) Loo cit. ? %.
f2j Hermann Weber and MtrhseI G.
Foster article IN Adults syst 0f Med
on Climate In the Treatment Os Dis