The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-03

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Springs in order to give the member
ship at large broader understanding
of the great institution they are sup
porting
OF the residents, some there are
who are crippleS; some are blind.
many are old, and numbers have been
exiled with a death sentence from tu-
berculosis. but are slowly building up
the bodies that have been wasted by
disease
The printer, when he is admitted
to the home, is supposed to bring with
him a certain amount of clothes Aft
e. that everything. even to a weekly
pension. is furnished him. Every care
is taken in securing a food supply that
is OF the best Milk and eggs are pro-
cured from the homes own dairy and
poultry farm. An excellent library
provides reading matter There are
facilities for all kinds of sports. while
there are many festive occasions. such
as the Fourth of July barbecue, the an
nual picnic in North Cheyenne Canon,
the Christmas tree and the monthly
winter night entertainments
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precaution is taken to safeguard the
| patient and to assure him of the best
of treatment. Regular habits and
hours are required and the drinking of
intoxicants is strictly prohibited All
/ sanitary regulations are vigorously OBJ
served and the buildings are excep-
/. tionally well ventilated.
| The main building is four stories
/ in height and is of white layaSsone
with red sandstone trimmings 1t con-
| tains 75 rooms, with the Offices, kitch-
en-. dining room and library. The
| building originally cost $4,000. The
two-story addition will adjoin the
| main building on the north and will
increase the library and housing IA
cilities. The tuberculosis sanitarium
is to the south of the main building
and near it are the 20 tents of the
solarium- This building is three sto-
ries in height, the total cost being $27.-
600. The superintendent cottage is
north of the main building, while the
laundry. heating plant and barns are
in the rear. A magnificent stone gate
way spans the entrance to the grounds
The trustees have within the last
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to the treatment of tuberculosis, a
disease to which printers are partic-
ularly subject because of the nature
of their work The methods employed
by the Union Printers Home in its
successful battle against the white
plague" are attracting attention all over
the country At the International con-
gress on tuberculosis, held in Wash
ington last fall, the Printers Home
was represented by prize-winning ex.
hibit, and the model tent was present
) ed, upon request, to the national as
ISOLATION for the prevention of tuber-
: culosis, for display during the winter
tour of the principal cities of the Unit
} ed States. During the last few years
/ a special commission has made a
study Of the disease. and as a result
of its Investigations the most approved
! and scientific methods have been
adopted. The results have been little
, less than marvellous. So satisfactory
! have the results been in the City OF
) Sunhine." as Colorado Springs is ia
q miiiarly called. that proposition
made at the Boston convention last
: August for the transfer of the tuber
o culoSiS Sanitarium to Arizona was de
;. feated by a decisive majority. In
/. | 1904, ten tents were erected near the
. sanitarium building. They have prov
n en- valuable acquisition to the hos
: pital service and their efficiency has
been so thoroughly and satisfactorily
q demonstrated that the number has re
i, Gently been doubled. The experiment
r tai stage in the tent treatment of tn
r. berculosis has long since passed; anl
n officials of the union are authority fol
q the statement that fully SO per cent
r. of the patients who have had the ad
O vantage of tent life have recovered
a health and strength and have beef
" enabled again to assume their bust
=. ness duties. The percentage would b,
higher but for the fact that too man,
are not sent to Colorado until the,
N are in the last stages of the disease
20 Those who are sent there in the earl
l. Ter stages are. with proper care an,
treatment. sure of a prolongaticn O
d life. if not of permanent and absolut
u recovery
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