Arizona republican., 1905-02-26


 efforts of three men who feel more
 than a sentimental interest in the wei fare of mankind pr. H. H. Stone oi Palm lodge is the moving spirit, Asso-
 ciated with him are pr. B. W. Bizzell
 and MT. B. R. Cocks, the former as
 resident physician and the latter as
 superintendent of the colony. Dr. Biz zell came to Arizona primarily to re- cuperate his own health and while as- sociated with Dr. Stone at Palm lodge, they evolved the idea of the Charity colony a year or so ago. Dr. Stone last summer secured sufficient fnan- cial aid in the east to make the enter prise a reality and it must henceforth depend for its enlargement and wider influence for good on similar benefac- tions. Dr. Bizzell devotes his entire time to the welfare of the patients and ! Mir. Cocks is equally as busily occupied in the business management of the [ colony. Though it isn't the largest sanitarium in the world, it fills the re- quirements for which it was intended, ! better than any other institution. All 1 that is lacking of perfection is capacity | for entertainment of patients and the only thing required to expand to any i desired capacity, is more money from charitable people, to build more tent 1 houses, and provide against possible 1 shortage in current expense accounts i though it Is hoped to make the insti- ] tuition as near self sustaining as possi- | ble.
 An official name has not yet been announced for the institution but by common consent it has been called the Charity colony. It is less than two months since its actual construction began and everybody connected with | 1t has been so busy that no time has been wasted in thinking about a name for it. But much has been accomplish ed iu other ways, and Charity Colony is as good a name as any. though perhaps a trifle misleading, for it is not entirely a free sanitarium. The rates though are the lowest possible. perhaps lower than actual expense for creature comforts, and the medical at tention and colony conveniences are entirely without price. The best scien- tifc medical attention is furnished free, there is some equipment Of a scientific nature and more is to be pro- vided as soon as possible All the in formation known to medical science for the treatment of tuberculosis, and that is the principal purpose of the institution, is at the command of the attending physician who makes special study of it.
 The sanitarium charge is from nine to twelve dollars per week, which is about as little as room and board can be obtained for in Phoenix by well people and a great deal less than the rates that confront most invalids. This | remember, is for a prescribed diet, be- | lieved to be the best possible nourish ment for the individual case. served when it should be and as it should be and as much of 1t as the patient needs or wishes. To illustrate this feature | it should be first stated that the col 1 ony is conducted with military disctp- 1 line, though there are no harsh rules. The rules are adjusted to the patien. 3 | and not the patients to the rules aC would be the case in an army post | At 7:30 a. m. an attendant serves each i patient with hot milk in his bed. At 7:45 the triangle rings the hour for rising and at o'clock breakfast is an nounced. If any patient be too ill to go to the dining room his meals are served in his tent At 10:30 each pa i tient is given a drink of eggnogg or l beef tea CT other substitute desirable. Ats12:3O is luncheon; ; at 3 D. m. more i eggnogg or beef tea; dinner at g. ?. m. and at o'clock more hot milk At | D. m. taps and all lights go out l
 | The Charity colony is situated . mile east and two miles north of the Indian school. The tract comprises twenty acres, though the present build | ings and grounds probably do not cov- CT a quarter of it and as they include the dining room, kitchen and all col 1 ony conveniences it is easy to see that there is room for expansion on the present holdings to at least six or eight times the size of the present accommo- dations. Though work was only be- gun since the first of January, and the weather has been unusually bad, there are now completed and occupied. three tent cottages of two rooms each, ten single room tent dwellings, a dininiE room 12x30 feet, and a roofed structure with open sides, called a canopy, to be used as lounging place protected from direct rays of the sun or from showers that are not severe enough to drive the patients indoors. Every tent is now occupied and there are almost daily applications for accommodations that cannot be supplied. This public ity therefore is not to attract more sick people just now but to interest those who are already interested in the afflicted, to the end that more accom- mOdations may be provided If all plans carry 1t is expected that by neXt
 winter there will be at least seventy five tents ready for occupancy and that the dining room will be moved back and an administration building con- structed On its present site, in which also will be located a laboratory for original research under the direction of a competent pathologist.
 At the present time Dr. Bizzell is prepared to administer the best serum treatments recommended by physicians who have devoted the most thought
 and time to the study of tuberculosis l On entering the sanitarium each pa tient is care fully examined and hia condition is charted or mapped, in all details, so the records will show in de- tail the condition of each patient at entrance. A record is also made of any noticeable change that may occur so the attending physician has a com