Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-17


Tie help are quartared in the wing u
this building except the farm help. The
total number Of persons employed
about the buildings and IN the farm is
about 30. The building is as nearly
fire proof a. it could be made. with
brick and concrete adamant plaster,
| ana expanding metal lathinS.
Some of the rooms i'll the basement
are of special interest. For instance
there is the steriliZims room with its
great stcamstcrilizer for steriliZing
mattresses and bedding under steam
pressure. All tn" bedding is passed
through this diShfcctng chamber be
fore 4 rcW patient is allowed to use it.
There are ALSO two enamel trays for
the disintcction Of the aluminium Spu-
tum boxes. ana they are all brought
here twice daily StcriliZcd. ana paper
Innings with tn" Sputum are changed
ana taken to the incincrAt"r room. night
and morning. Every patient is sup
piled with those sputum boxes ana the
penalty for cXpcctnrating anNWhcr"
hut in them is prompt discharge from
the institution. The we'll equipped
Laboratory for the examination of blood,
sputun ana urine, under the charge Of
q u; CttriulOgiSt: the throat room fur
niShcd With all the modern appliances
| for treatment Of the upper respiratory
| tract: the static and INLAY electrical
room for diagnosis ana treatment. ana
| Il pharmacy where the necessary Solu-
tons aad medicines may be had. ought
| to give very satisfactory results in this
| sprcill line of work.
on the second floor of the Admins
| tratinn buildng, in addition to the Of
| fees and rooms of the staff. are Il dozen
guest rooms which may be occupied by
| friend. ana relatives of the patients
| who com" 70 visit them. 4 moderate
| charge hcing made III such cases.
| In the rear Of the Administration
| building is til" cottage for women. and
Il little further back is that for men.
| I'll. cottage for women will accomu-
| date about 30 PATIENTS. The cottage is
| Il wooden structure ol two stories with
| walls shinglrd ana stained Il soft green.
| Tn" interior is finished in hard pine,
| with walls CnnnclIed, and WCathcrcl
oak mission furniture. which makes a
| VERY pleasing contrast. III front thor" is
| Il large Ncranda, ~ feet long. which Is
constantly Hooded with sunshine from
| morning until night. This affords 4
| beautiful view Of the valley, and here
| the patients spend most of their day,
| in tho open mir. The sleeping pavil-
| ions which rXtrnd out Oh either side of
the main part Of the cottage consist
mainly Of an nV,rhHnging roof to Keep
| out storms, and with the high front
| side arranged to be open To tn" veal
| Their. 1t was necessary to provide
| Sliding doors, So that they could b"
| closed. if necessary. to Keep ont driv-
| ing storms. There is no difficulty III
| Keeping patients warm in bed, al
| though The temperature varies but
slightly from the temperature in tho
open. With hut few exceptions the pa
| TENTS have expressed Z desire to sleep
in these paviIinnS. and will almost al
| ways state that they like it much bet
ter than sleeping in room. Tho
| sleeping shelters are attached to the
main building on an angle, SO that one
| side shuts off the east and northeast
| winds, and the other side shuts off tn,
west AID northwest winds, and as they
face about south. the north wind doe:
not bother them. The patients go di-
rcctY from the open paVilionS into
warm dressing rooms in the main part
Of the cottage, where there are shower
tub and spray baths, toilets, lavato-
rics, and lockers for their clothing.
There are also several rooms in tho
cottage where patients with acute dis
turhances can be placed. The large
sleeping shelters have n decided advan-
tage over the Individual Shacks at some
similar institutions as patients are
spared that feeling of isolation, anf
there is Il sense OF protection ana safety
in numbers. 1t is necessary to have :
nurse always on duty at the cottag'
to secure the close supervision requircf
to carry out the treatment with Suffi
cient thoroughness. There is n nigh
and day nurse on duty at the cottage
50 that patients are not allowed to re
sort to their own devices in any matter