The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-07-02
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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
70 the home, Is supposed to brin. with
him a certain amount of clothes. Aft
er that everything, even to weekly
pension. is furnished him. Every care
is taken in securing food supply that
is of the best Milk and eggs arc 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.
In the tuberculosis sanitarium every
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 lavasyone
with red sandstone trimmings. 1t con-
tains 70 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,-
900. 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
few years devoted especial attention
TO the treatment of Tuberculosis,
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 "wnits
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
ed, upon request, to the national as
sociation 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.
miliarly called, that a proposition
made at the Boston convention last
August for the transfer of the tuber
culosis sanitarium to Arizona was de
feated by a decisive majority. In
1904. ten tents were erected near the
sanitarium building They have prov
en- a valuable acquisition to the hos
pital service and their efficiency has
been so thoroughly and satisfactorily
demonstrated that the number has re
Gently been doubled The experimen
tai stage in the tent treatment OF tn
berculosis has long since passed: and
officials of the union are authority for
the statement that fully so per cent
of the patients who have had the ad
vantage of tent life have recovered
health and strength and have been
enabled again TO assume their bust
ness duties. The percentage would be
higher but for the fact that too many
are not sent to Colorado until they
are in the last stages OF the disease
Those who are sent there In the earl
Ter stages are, with proper care and
treatment. sure Of a prolongation OF
life. IL not of permanent and absolute
recovery.