Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-22
AT HEBRON.
Augusta Man Tells Of Life
at Sanatorium.
zina {. DipIock Gives Journal
His Remarkable Story.
Gained SO Pounds in Seven Months...Lives
Now on Piazza,

Cne by the Maine State SanatOrium Il:
Hebron, or any doubt as to the efficacy
of the outdoor treatment for consump-
ton. he should have a talk with Zina
T.. Diplock, Of this city, who has just
=. turned home after seven months at
| the institution among the oxford hills.
Mr.. Diplock is well known to Augusta
IpeOple, having been Z local hair dress
cr for a number OF years, but being
forced by i'll health to give up work last
|Srring. His case was considered by
IphysicianS to be absolutely hopeless,
las his lungs were badly affected, and
his weight had gone down from 100
pounds % .1G pounds. In July, through
the influence Of friends, he
was secured an admission to
the sana orium at Hebron. His
case WAS SO far advanced. however,
that DR.. Nichols. the physician in
charge. was very reluctant to receive
him into the institution. feeling that
he had a very small chance of re-
| cOvery. The sanatorum, of course
does not advertise to perform miracles
OF cure incurablcs. but does hold out
hope to those in he first stages of con-
sumption.
| At length. however. Dr. Nichols
| conSe ntad to receive MIR. Diplock as Il
patient. That was less than eight
months ago. ana now Mr.. DiplOck is
back again with his family in this city.
with his weight increased from l16 to
lJ4 pounds; with the brown flush of
health upon his cheek in place OF the
{ characteristic cOnsunirtive prllOr which
was there last July. feeling like a
new man and with the promise bright
before him If restoration TO full health
and strength again. Those who know
him could hardly believe it was the
same pale ana emaciated young man
Iwho went to Hebron last July.
| \ representative of the journal call
ed upon Mr.. DiplOck at his home at
95 Green street Wednesday forenoon.
| Mr.. Diplock was out on the piazza,
where he spends practically all of his
| time when not out walking, which is
| the only form of exercise he allows
| himself to indulge in. Wearing IL
heavy overcoat and with a blanket
around his lower limbs. he was sitting
comfortably there in a big Morris chair
| reading the Journal and wholly un-
| mindful of the cold wind that was blow
iES. In one corner OF the piazza was
the bed upon which he sleeps ut night.
This part of the piazza was somewhat
sheltered by IL strip OF canvas at the
foot of the bed. but Mr.. Diplock ex-
planned that this was to keep the arc
| light in the street from shining in up
on the bed. rather than as any degree
OF protection against the elements.
Il not only feel that my treatment
at Hebron saved my life" said Mr.
DiplOck to the Journal man. "but more
than that. it has made life worth living
again. | am feeling finely, and the
fact that my weight has gone from
ZIG to 154 is pretty good evidence of
what has been done for me. OF course
am not able to go to work yet,
and only take such exercise as walking,
for l must be careful and not exert
myself until my lungs are wholly heal
ed. | am what the doctors call an ar
rested case that is, the progress of the
disease upon my lungs has ceased, and
It is simply a case of taking care of
myself until they are healed and sound
IaGain. ] am continuing. as best l can
here, the treatment given at the He
bron sanatorium, tEat is, | am out of
doors all the time. Probably am not
inside the house more than two or three
hours out of each "a, and even then |
Keep the windows open. | take my
Temperature twice day and weigh
myself once daily. and send weekly re-
ports to DR.. Nichols. | have gained
lover four pounds in the two weeks
since l came nome, so the change from
Hebron to Augusta has apparently not
lc,
have practically no cough now. When
| went to Hebron the condition of nv
blood was 60 and when / left il was
30. The condition of my lungs was
43 when | went. and 81 when l came
here. During the first few months at
Hebron, | did little but sit upon the
piazza. The treatment there involves
10 medicine for the lungs, simply life
in the open air, with plenty Of whole
some food. such as meat, eggs, milk
Vegetables, etc. After a time | became
lsirOngcr and then with other ratien;s
travelled over the large farm as much
las | pleased. There are Is patients az
the sanatorium, which is the limit Of
the institution at the present time, and
there are over $50 applications for ad-
mission now on lie. The new admin
iSlIatiOn building is nearly done, and
when this is occupied the capacity will
be increased to 80 patients. and il is
hoped that money can be secured for
two or three other pavilions the
lSize of the one now occupied
DR.. Nichols is one of the best men
III ever knew, and no too high praise
can be given him for his devotion to his
work and for the interest he takes in
the individual patients. The feeling or
I'll of us toward him is little short of
worship. In June | shall make a trip
back there for him to examine me.
ard then I hope to spend the summer
in camp in the woods somewhere near
the city. In fact, i shall go to such a
camp just as soon as the snow is off
the ground and l can find a suitable
site OF course. it is better to be i'm
the pine woods if possible and be where
, the ground is fairly high. Very like
1y one or two of the other male M :
. tic nts who are well on toward recovery
will come down from the sanatorjurn
and enjoy camp life with me. Bv Oc-