The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31
The Mud Cura Sanitarium,
J. c. Elliot Tells Of this Recently
Opened Sanitarium.

Early in the month, 10 company with
n. J. Benedict l enjoyed a trip TO
ShakOpee, MIMI, where the new sani-
tarium for the cure of rheumatism,
neuralgia, and like diseases. is i"cat-
ed. On our arrival We were extended
a cordial welcome by Superintendent
Goodrich. The building is new aud
has been opened to the public only
about six month. Everything is up
to-date. The heating plant and ven-
tilation keep the atmos phere as nearly
perfect as cunld be desired. The
office, dining room and sleeping
rooms are luvitingly pleasant and
hOmelike. When once settled you
not only feel a sense Of welcome. but
also OF liberty. The treatment given
here consists In drinking freely of
hot and cold sulpher >pring water,
hot sulpher mud baths, hot water
baths, massage, and good cheer.
In taking the mud baths the patient
is placed in q metal covered cot and
completely covered with hot, soft mud,
except the face. For some troubles
the mud is used at a higher tempera-
ture than for others. During the time
a person is taking the baths a compe.
tent physician is constantly in attend.
ance. Before being permitted to take
the mud bath, however, you will have
to pass the careful examination given
by DR.. Fisher. who Is the ply stefan in
charge of the central office. Alter the
examination is concluded and your
needs and limitations made known,
you will receive a card stating the
time assigned for your bath, the num-
Der Of glasses of sulpher water you
are to drink each day. and further
professional advice needed. The
length of time a patient is kept in the
hot mud varies according to the phys.
ician's judgment, usually fir ON fifteen
to thirty minutes. A feshy person
will more than likely be relieved OF
considerable weight, while the treat
ment for a thin perstn will tend tC
build up and put on flesh. came
through even, while Mr.. Benedict los,
one pound each day, When through
with the mud pack you pass into a
room where warm water spray from
the top and sides cleanses you of al
mud. after which you are given a no:
sulpher water bath for ten or fifteen
minutes, and then 60 into the cooling
room, where the thermometer regis.
tiers IS degrees, Where you lay on a
comfortable cot covered with blankets
until the pres piration moderates,
Vhen you go to the massage room,
where you are given q thorough mas
sage by a professional masseur, anG
you may be sure he will locate all the
sore spots and as far as possible as
sist in overcoming the temporary cor
gestion. The massage concludes the
routine for the day. The expense
including Doctors examinations an.
consultations, baths, massage, room
and board, is only eighteen to twenty
five dollars per week. This new san.
itarium is but little known outside OF
the cities of St. Paul and Minneapo.
lis, as no extensive advertising hat
been lone to inform the public. 1t il
situated so near us and the expense
being moderate compared with any
other available sanitarium, it certain
ly should be known by all our citi.
zens who may need help IN a reliable
~sanitarium. | added 'good cheer''tt
the routine treatment. and this is no
o~verstated, as our own experience
while there fully warrants this appre,
citation of the social life enjoyed a
the "Mud Cura."
J.. {. ELLIOT,