Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-20
SEACOINC SANITARIuM.
Doctors Plan to Cure consump-
 tives by an Arctic Cruise.

tives by an Arctic Cruise.
 PATIENTS TO LIVE ON STEAMER pr. Frederick sohon, Who Was With
 Peary, will Take This Summer
 Thirty Patients to Greenlan1 and Above the Arctic Circle, Where
 6ernss csntSt Live - start to Be
 Made From Halifax.
 An experiment of great interest Is to be made by Dr. Frederick Sohon of New York city. who was i'll 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- um, 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 15, returning Sept. 30. Dr. Sohon said recently:
 ''The plan have proposed and which through the aid of a number of busi- 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 I was struck with wonder, at what the arctic region contained for persons similarly affected. In 1902, when I accompanied the party that rescued Peary, 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.
 ''In the arctic region in summer there is period of three months of never ceasing sunlight every hour in the twenty-four. Think of the effect of 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 35 to 45 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.
 "l have made numerous bacteriolog- ical cultures in Greenland and have never found a disease germ. Such \ fafahs ytstttf& 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- ber are already booked. We will cruise along Bafin Land and central Greenland, anchoring in various shel. tered lords for the diversion and bene- fit of the patients. We shall penetrate into the interior of Greenland, going about seventy-nve miles up the Ome. nak hord, a place that I have visited Those. who form the party will live on the boat, but there is game in plenty 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"
 Japan's Remarkably Small Sick List
 Sir Frederick Treves, . we'll known English surgeon. made q speech at the recent dinner of the Japan society ir London in which he said. according to the report in the London News:
 "If you want to see the last thing the most ingenious thing and yet the simplest thing in the equipment fol war, you must 90 and see it in Japan Many of the problems which concerr European armies and have been to large extent a terror of war In Euro pean countries the Japanese are solv {, ing or have solved. British troops en ] ter a war with many determinations One is 10 per cent of sick. It is wha they are accustomed to expect to get and they get it. Now. the Japanese arr quite content with per cent of sick and they get 1t. It is a question O ambition perhaps. which might well b initiated. But problem of reduc |