Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12

west. Many cases are unable in any
event TO make the climatic change and
the introduction of sanatorium meas
cor to many who would otherwise be
doomed to early death.
The methods followed in sanatoria
are simply hygienic measures-open
air, abundance OF nourishine TODD ana
close medical supervision. In the
open air the body quickly acquires a
degree of resistance that enables il To
throw off the disease The experience
p, the Massachusetts state SanaIol
.um che first state institution in this
country) shows that the average PERIOD
Of residence is about six months.
From 1850 per cent of all cases re
ceived are discharged as greatly i'm
proved or cured, while over 70 per
cent OF those having the disease in the
early stages are practically healed.
The permanency of such cures, is
shown by the statistics of the Adiron.
dack sanatOrium which has been in op
Grafton 19 years, and in a recent cen
sus made of 1866 cases which have
been treated from , to is years, sc
per cent of those admitted as incipient
cases are now well, and in $50 ad
vanced cases, nearly one-thlrd are now
in good health. These results are be
/ ing duplicated either in private OF
state institutions in practically every
/ part of the country where they exist
/ The earlier the cases are received
( the more rapid and larger the number
Of cures, but in the great majority Of
/ instances. a decided Improvement is
| TO be noted
The commission advances the follow
| ing reasons why the state should builC
a 3anatorium for the treatment of thi.
! disease.
From humanitarian point of view
the state should AID those afflicted witt
| this dread. but durable, disease. Wher
! we realize the enormous loss of life
which is occasIoIeG and the READINGS:
with which improvement and Otter
| cures can be established. it is appar
| ent that the state should extend succol
to this class as well as to its other I'm
III NuHfbNCN. OWluS IL Ilit stldliFt'IA
short period of residence necessary
for improvement in cases ;nat can be
helped at all. he active influence o.
such an institution is much greater
than in hospitals and asylums where
the inmates are often 4 charge fol
life
.. Purely from a business point OF
Ninu- he
sources of our commonwealth caused
| by the loss in wages. sickness. etc. OF
! these thousands of sufferers is to bt
measured in millions of dollars every
| year. The state. of necessity. is often
! forced TO carry the burden of provid
| ing for the orphan and hose pauper
! lied by this scOurge. When we recog
nize that great Improvement can be Sc
( cured in at least one-haF of all case.
admitted to sanatoria Al a moderat.
expense for maintenance would ii MOI
be the part of business foresight to dc
for our fellows at least as much as We
are spending each year to eradicate the
disease amonG live stock
>. The sanatorlum removes from the
.
stops further srread Of the disease
IL the sanatCrium tins patient is taught
how to care for nmsef SO as not to be
menace to his fellows,
No danger need be appreh ended from
institutions of this class. either so far
as inmates are concerned. or the re
sion in which they are located. When
taught to properly care for his sputum
the cOnsumptiye becomes relatively
harmless. Net a single case of infec
ton Of nurses or employees has been
reported from the Adirondack institn
ton during its " mole period of exist
ence, 10 years
4. After his return to his home, the
/ discharged patient becomes a messen
! ger of the gospel Of hygienic living
and thus the educative influence of the
institution is productive of the greatesl
good. The institution in this way be