The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-03-23
Battle Creek Sanitariurn.

I rctme1 q the northern lare region
bent the bow and smeared thgir faces
vith keal-hraided their flowing locks
with feathers a. the porcuDiue and
Wild eagle. that they might appear
more wild. f possible than before
and AS they painted the elceEs and
braided thc hair. che omen
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shaped new boss that Er la-.s
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the greeting ~ men and women ul
the anglo saxon rare--ha sfnr ot
happy boz and girls. Who a-ga O..
Battle Creeks former history ou.g
By tradition. And here or the size
o. the famous battle between ,le rgt-
men stands now one Of The iaircs-
cities oi the rrcat Northwest. q ci.y
s0ugh: out among thousands. fl- i1 &C.
dwell. month after month as the
years come and go. men and women
who hni within N. charmed circle
that when they have long 9ustt else
where-health.
when one speaks OF health. the
mind natE--"y wings itself N Battle
Greek. for up there health is 10 be
found as al few other places on earth.
Forty years ago there began in Bat
tie Creek a return to nature move
ment, with purposes and pricinples ia
many respects similar to those which
led 10 the famous Brook Farm Expor-
imeut" twenty years before and 10 The
Graharite movement Of that period.
This movement. while religious. was
ayowedly non-sectarlcn. aad was iu "a
bread sense philanthroulc. altru.sric
aud rcformatory. The immediate re-
suits were the establishment ol a
monthly Journal nov known ass Good
Health aud shortly afterwards .Le
erection of 4 health In-tlutian called
The Health Reform Institute" The
chief features Of the institute al this
CARLY period were diet reform. dress
reform ard the uea OF water as q cura.
tive agent.
In 1876 tho present management
took charge OF the Institution and with
tie consent and cooperation Of rhc
Board Of Directors (thc instlfutiru
having been incorpo~stcd ten y,rr-
teforel thorough reorganization was
effected Broader plans were irtrc
duced. the methods OF treatment wcr,
| placed upon o substantial and thor
| oughly scientific foundation. and n,
name was changed TO the Battle Greet
sanitarium. Since this time IA,
| growth OF the institution has been con
Giant and rapid.
From year TO year accommola
tons for patients and facilities fol
treatments we're enlarged TO mce
| the increasing patronage until Fob
ruary. 1902. when a great fire swop
| away the two princluaI buiId
ings Of the establishment. The ercc
ton Of a new building was spcedi1,
begun. and the following year, May 81
1903. the present freprcof main build
ing. erected at a cost of more thar
5000 600. was dedicated. The cost O
the entire establishment. mcludin.
| euuipment. twenty dormitorips, cot
taees and other buildings has amount
ed to more than 81 POO. 600.
The Battle Creek Sauitarium as i
stands to-day Is recognized the worl,
over as the most complete and thor
oughly equipped establishment of IL.
sort and the Eeadquarters for phvsio
logic therapeutics or natural methods
Connected with the Sanitarium Is
Training School for Nurses. in whlcl
from two to three hundred nurses ar,
constantly under training.
These principles and methods hav,
penetrated TO the remotest parts O
| the civilized world, and scores of mel
and women who have been trained il
these methods are deyoting their live
10 medical missionary work In heather
lands.
The Battle Greek Sanitarium may D,
| rao.arHaR IN ,nGf..4,.a 80 a.. .s........