The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-28

N'A'Ni NHN ANHhlNs 10 ItEdlNS treatment Il
are very satisfactory.
There have been In all 1O2 patients
treated at the clinic. OF this number
72 have definite signs Of tuberculosis,
while the remaining 80 were suspected
cases OF the 10 tuberculosis cases.
In nine the disease has been arrested.
25 have been improved, In rs the dis
ease has remained progressive, and 1S
have died
Figures of the Treasurer.
The treasurer reported tina. there
was a balance OF $242,5S on hand on
April so and in addition to this bal
ance there is a petty cash fund Of $500
IN the hands Of the medical superln-
tendent.
Chairman Medical Board.
Or, oliver T Osborne, as chairman
of the medical board, made an interest
Ing report which in part was as fol-
lows.
Lately our institution has been en-
larged In It's capacity, as pointed out
by the chairman of the executive COM
mittee, consequently we are now able
to care for more patients than former
ly and have frequently had at one
time, during the winter, more than so
patients at the institution, even up to
81.
The total number of patients exam
med for this institution since its in
auguration Is, In round numbers, 600.
OF the patients who have been accept
ed for treatment $50 have entered the
institution. Two hundred have been re-
fused admittance because they were
too far advanced for us to take and
live up to the spirit of our charter. AS
shown by the appended table of pa
TENTS treated here during the last year
and previously at tho institution, we
have literally construed the letter of
our charter limiting us to incipient
pulmonary tuberculosis cases by inter-
preting the spirit for which the instl-
tuition was inaugurated In other
words, during the last year we accep ed
for treatment Il patients who had the
disease moderately advanced, and %
patients who had the disease far adj
vanced, These were selected because
they showed possibility Of improve
ment No incipIent case that was not
acute tuberculosis has ever been re-
fused for lack of room. II we were :
overcrowded, place for such patient
vas found somewhere. The fact that
,0l patients have been refused admis-
sion to this institution shows that the
state Of Connecticut, or perhaps better
he counties, or perhaps still better
Zach town, should provide proper hos
,itals for the care of such patients, for
he protection Of their families and the
II is only by such means
hat pulmonary tuberculosis viii be I
radlcated The word eradication"
doubtless sounds like the word of an
but such freedom from this
disease is not only possible, but prob |
lble. although of course It will be {
many years before such is accom-
,lished.
An appended table shows what has
'ecome Of, or occurred to, patients who {
ave been at the sanatorlum for treat {
nent and have been out of the institu-
ion six months OF more Two hundred
md fifty-one such patients are record
d. OF these 50 left the institution with '
he disease arrested. and 90 with their I
condition improved OF the 50 who left
With the disease arrested, 81 are still
veil. OF the % who left improved, 40
AVE had the disease arrested, and IA
re still improving, OF the PSI patients c
Who have been at this institution and
low out Of It for six months or more, |
line have been lost sight Of 10 hav.
He'd, % have grown worse, 20 have inn /
,roved, and l2l, about one-half or 30 s
,er cent have the disease arrested, '
nd are able TO work. \ really Won
erfu record for a disease once thought g
and hopeless, then thought to
je durable only at distant sanatoria in {
specially healthful climates, and now {
howing this wonderful record In sou h
IN New England and with such vics- 7
itudes of climate as have been demon t
trated to the Connecticut people dur {
ng the last year or two.
The splendid commission on tuber |
ulosis which was appointed by our /
IGNORED governor and the support that {
10 has personally given that commits I
ion means that Connecticut is we'll in S
he van in doing public, associated, and {
orrelated work to prevent ard stay l
he progress Of tuberculosis. c
When we again say, and now with a c
considerable history and with the sta /
istical proof of careful investigation, :
hat this institution has sent 80 per
cnt Of its patients back to useful cit
zenship, able to take their part in the
upport Of their families, 1t need not
e surprise that, as last year we en-
cred the plea, we again ask for more
money for maintenance that We may
eep durable cases longer than they
re now able to remain. and instead of
he so per cent who without such an
would become burden on
he public, we will make go per cent.
4 our patients useful citizens Not I'M
IL such increased maintenance is Civ
n us either by public money or by
rvate charity, do we ask for an en-
argement of our present plant for the
treatment of incipient cases, because
he medical board believes that 1t is
money to keep the patients with us
title longer that is the principal need
f our institution
We CAN NOT SING THE OLD SONG
What ] can't understand, and what
Il foreigners travelling here can't I'M j
orstand about you Americans Is your :