Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-21
LIFE AT OAKDALE.
CCloriop Nopjfor1

Thru the courtesy OF the Monitor
will take this means of answering your
numerous letters and cards that can
find no time to answer otherwise, for
assure you my time is pretty well occu
pied. I arrived at Oakdale May "a
and while found an institution that is
comparatively new, l also found one
chuck full of business. I fully believe
that if person is ever threatened with
tuberculosis that this is the place to
come to Immediately, if for no other
reason than TO learn it's methods of
preventing the contagion of this di-
sease. I am beginning to think that we
are sometimes almost criminal in our
carelessness in some matters, aNho I'M
Intentional There are only two doc
tors here, but they are good ones, DIR
Kirschner and DR. Scarborough. DR.
Scarborough was brought here about
fourteen months ago on stretcher
Now he does practically all the work
DR. Dean, of Iowa City, reputed to be
the best throat, nose and ear special
ist in the state comes up every two
weeks to examine patents with that
class of trouble ] know he is dandy
because he got about $40 worth OF bone
and unnatural growth out Of my nose
in about four minutes. But actually
he has the name Of being the best in
the state in his line and I think he is
fine Everybody says he is very thor
ough in his work, yet do not think he
was over five minutes working on my
nose. l have seen him four times now
and have never seen him smile but once
and that was when he asked me II
knew DIR. Sans. ] think the recol-
lection carried him back a few years
I think-that the gentlemen were class
mates in college. He is pretty foxy
When we got ready to operate he said
so you know DR.. Sans, do you?" Then
when started in to tell him q lot he got
a piece of my nose. Next time he tried
the same thing. but I did not bite. but
he got it just the same. The last
time seemed to be the hardest and
had to let go of few heartfelt groans
when he said, land that didn't hurt
Then is when he lost some Of my re-
spect for his veracity. He Is a good
man just the same.
Wen, they have got me on what they
call the south porch. 1t Is a cottage
about 10x30 with wash room in one
en0 ana dressing TODIu III ttiS pthS'
1t has porch on the east, south and
west, and that is where we sleep. We
are in bed eighteen to twenty hours
out of twenty-four and sleep out OF
doors all the time. The patients sleer
on these porches thPuout the year
That seems pretty tough. but they dc
it, They have some Of the queerest
names for things down here. Every
body. even the doctors, when speaking
causally, refer to this disease as the
bugs" and they refer to a person at
ficted with hemorrhages as a ruby
shooter" Well, my friends, / want te
thank you all for the interest you are
taking in me, even II U. b. Tracy and
Dan Leonard will insist in teasing me
about some of my small weaknesses
that they have got onto. But keeI
1T up, gentlemen, I like 1t. I will try
to write you more about the sanator-
iurn and less about myself when I gel
better acquainted here, providing the
Monitor will kindly allow me the
space. Sincerely hoping that may be
| able to hear from all of you, will close
with kind regards to everybody.
J. q. GOSLnN.
Oakdale, Iowa, June 4, 1910.