Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-12-19
CONSUME TVES
At SAN|TARIUM
GREAT RESULTS EXPECTED OF
NEW STATE INSTITUTION.
HAVE ROOM FOR MORE
Patients Take Kindly to Open Air
Treatment, Which Seems to sene.
fit Them GreatIy-Maintenan
Charges Are Low-Dr. RaVenel
Discusses Disease.

The state sanitarium at Wales,
opened two weeks ago by the state
board of control, for the care and
treatment of tuberculosis sufferers,
has II patients already and on Janu
airy 1 there will be facilities to care
for at least so. AT the present time
there are accommodation for 40.
The state sanitarium is situated
about two miles from Wales, Wauke-
sha county, on high hill, surround
ed with other higher hills, which in
a way tend to break the northwest
wind. When the buildings are fin
ished on January 1, $4,000 viii have
been expended. DR.. G. a. Paul is
superintendent.
"shacks" Being Erected.
Aside from the main sanitarium
building are the "shacks," in which
the patients sleep. Two of these
have already been erected and each
will accommodate 20 people. Two
others will be completed in three
weeks. The additional "shacks" TO
be built from time to time as the
number of patients increases will be
smaller than those already erected.
The so-called shacks are the most
peculiarly shaped buildings on the
grounds. In the center of the build
ing is a rectangular place where the
&~ l0irv
are the beds, almost in the open air.
The shacks are enclosed on the ends
and backs, but open in the front Of
the building, which faces the south.
Practically speaking the patients
sleep in the open air. Each shack
the south, where the patients can
get the sunlight. All the patients
are provided with the most modern
of equipments and conveniences.
Fed on Eggs and Milk.
The buildings are heated with a
large volume of air and the ventila-
ton system is complete. The pa
tients are fed largely on eggs and
milk and the time for rising and 60
ing to bed is regular. To prevent
the spread or communication of the
disease each patient must carry
sputum cup, with a cover, ana is not
allowed to expectorate on the
grounds. These cups are disinfected
twice day.
The medical control of the state
institution is under the direction OF
the state tuberculosis commission
and the financial side is managed by
the state board of control. In each
county of the state the tuberculosis
commission appoints physician to-
examine all applicants for admission.
Only patients in an incipient stage
of the disease are accepted The To-
cal physician sends on the papers OF
the examination to the superintend-
ent, who Immediately notifies them
whether the patients condition will
warrant admission.
What III Costs Patients.
Each patient must pay in advance
a maintenance charge of $40 week.
Patients sent there by the county
judge, because they are unable to-
pay their own way, are county
charges, for the maintenance of which
S. a week must be paid.
Besides the superintendent there
are now four nurses and other attend
ants. This number will be increased
as the number OF patients increases.
Goes in Families.
Speaking on the subject of tuber-
culosis, at the Irving school Friday,
DR.. NJ. P. Ravenel, bacteriologist att
the university. said that only 25 cases
of true inherited tuberculosis had
been discovered. Tuberculosis un-|
questionably goes in families, spread
ing from one member to the other,
just as any other communicable dis
ease does. The children of tuber-
culous parents are more apt to con-
tract tuberculosis than are those of
healthy parents, not through inherit
ance, but because such children are
exposed to infection by constant con-
tact with their parents. With proper
pTSCduLlOuS, Iu0 CulIuESn OIL LuDcI
culosis parents are not more apt to-
become tuberculous than are the
children of healthy parents. This
point has been amply demonstrated
by what is known as the Bang or
Danish system, whereby healthy
calves are reared from tuberculosis
mothers, by separating them at birth
and feeding them on pasteurized
milk, or the milk of healthy COWS"
Fire of unknown origin has de-
stroyed the home of the late Senator
Cushman K. Davis in st. Paul 1t
was built thirty years ago. There the
first wedding of the senator took
place. His parents were also shell
tered by it, and it housed the second
Mrs. Davis. State questions were dis
GUESSED in it when Mr.. Davis was
governor, and it was the scene of fire.
quent conferences during his career in
national affairs. Soon after the treaty
of peach which terminated the Span
ish-American war, in formulating
which Senator Davis was one of the
peace commissioners, he died, and the
home was shortly after vacated. Thel
place was used as a boarding house,