The Washington times., 1906-11-13
MARVELLOUS CURES
OF TUBERCULOSIS
Institution Up in PennSyl-
Vania Mountains Proves
Successful.
STAMPING OUT THE DISEASE
Sanitarium Starting in an Old Barn
Now Numbers Sixteen
Buildings,

PHILADELPHIA Nov l8.-The Won
derful results that are being accom-
plished in the treatment and cure OF
tuberculosis al the White Haven Sani-
1arium We're impressed upon a delega-
fion OF contributors who visited the in
stltution as guests of the board Of man
ayers of the Free Hospital for Poor
Consumprives.
The sanitarium, nestled on spur Of
the Blue Mountains, has grown from an
humble establishment. in which few
lad faith but the indefatigable spirits
who were its founders, 20 a great in
stitution whose name is a beacon light
OF hope 10 affected humanity
The White Haven Sanitarium Il very
different from the popular conception Of
q consumptive retreat There is moth
ing about the institution painful To the
visitor Ii is scTupulously clean and
peopled by rosy-cheeked inmates. No
emaciated patients are 10 be seen, for
a week in the bracing mountain climate
under the magic treatment works mar
VeIs in even advanced cases.
Patients Improve From Start.
As hopeless cases are not taken at the
Eanltarium. patients rarely fail TO i'm
prove from the first. and in short time
are 10 outward appearances IN "A rugged
state Of health. The cure is accomplish
ed in from five Co fifteen months, ac-
cording 10 how far the disease has pro-
gressed when patients are admitted
Results at White Haven have demon
strated that ncipient tuberculosis can
be cured, advanced cases can be arrest
cd and the propagation OF the disease
can be prevented.
II was originally planned 10 establish
a sanitarium that would accommodate
900 patients, and the founders are strly-
ing hard 10 make this "a realization, Ia
1ive years the institution, through the
1ireIess efforts of Dr. Lawrence +. Flick
and his medical associates, has made
great strides and at present dCCOmmO-
dates 173 patients. They are housed IN
cottages and in small bungalows known
as "shaCks' Tar up on the mountain
side, overlooking the Lehigh valley
The sanitarium comprises sixteen sep
urate buildings and a power house
One Hundred Free Beds
There are lO0 free beds maintained
eat the sanitarium, but these are always
occupied, and the waiting fist is large.
Patients able 10 pay are taken at the
rate OF s. d week. and this amount is
reduced proporuouately TO the amount
of worl they can do when conval,scing
When able TO be of service eight hours
q day these patients are not required to
pay anything. This utilizing of inmates
Ga the work OF the institution is made
"a part of the treatment. and has proved
mutually beneficial.
When founded the institution opened
with five patients housed i'm an old barn
hut in HVe years the work has pro-
Eressed until the total expenditure for
buildings and maintenance has been al
most 500, ,6u0. Less than half was con-
tributed 10y the state, the balance being
derived from contributions obtained
through the efforts of DR.. Flick and his
associates.
Economy in Management.
Unlike most institutions OF its charac-
Ser. the administrative policy has not
been 10 spend money for elaborate build
ings. Economy and utility have guided
the management ia the outlay for hous-
ing facilities one novel feature OF the
institution is a heuneTy which supplies
the eggs used in the treatment. This is
in charge of an expert from Cornell
University. and when completed will
house 5000 chickens. White leghOrns
have been selected as the best adapted
breed
Aside from the new buildings the in
of ConValesCing farms. where patents
able 10 work can be given employment
at appropriate wages until they are
fully fitted 20 go back % their places
su the world