Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-11
CURING TUBERCULOSIS.
Ninety Per Cent. of the lnelpient Gases
at the Vermont sanatorium Were Cured
or Arrested.

at the Vermont sanatorium Were Cured
or Arrested.
Al the annual meeting of the Vermont
Sanatorium held at Pittsford Jan. 27 a
report was submitted to the board of
trustees showing the work of the sana-
! forum Tor the two years ending Dec q
1893 During this time ls1 patients were
ADMITTED CLASSIFIED as follows: 81 were
/ lhciplent' or first stage; IS were moder-
/ dtely advanced, or second stage and %
were far advanced or third stage cases
Sne case OF general military tuberculosis
developed meningitis and died AT the
sanatorium. This was the only daatb
thdt occurred. Two cases were diag
hosed as Neutrality-suspicious. During tbis
same time 1855 patients were DISCHARGED.
% OF ITO per cent were apparently
IS 10 OF AL per cent. arrested, % or
TO- per cent. improved, and q or II Il
per cent. unimproved or proeressive
Two cases classified as non-tuberculo,,s
anu Two patients who stayed less than
one week not considered.
tahlhs the patients according TO their
classincation it was shown thar of ~
~ hclpeht cases discharged, SO or %
Per cent were cured, or arrested: NJ the
% moderately advanced SO or onIv 70
Pi cent, We're cured or arrested. while
VI the IL far advanced, only or "a ner
cent We're cured or arrested.
IN order to show the Importance 90 .
longer course of treatment casos a.. q
charged during the last wear We're di,,id
ca into two classes; those mar sta,,o.,
less and those that STAYED more SoSl
.tee months, respectively. OF tba "a
80 stdyeu less than three months
49, age stay al days. or l76 per cent
were cured, while of the 40 natia,,to -
s'aSeu more than three months (o,,a,oH-S
say I4G6 days. l6 or 32.5 per cent We
tbas moreover, the average gain of
u.s. VINO stayed more than three
? % rno,, was Nv pounds as against only
10 10 pounds for those who STAYED ,ass
man three months. This tahIe jno,,Ss
advanced cases. ana Tar
IN order to show thar the haras4z
te,,, 'e'oiiuIh treatment were not rneraI,,
was ohtaIy1 as lull information as possible
bad Op'aiheu regarding 76 patients who
t LOU al been discharged more tbon
SeaI. Direct replies or positi,,a -.
lients We're received REGARDING
" 'hese "a known cases. d or Eo %u
H. we're HVlng and earning a livelihood
ileIe again, the incipient cases sbnI' w.
very much more favorablv qo9 ow up
casse were dead u the advanced
cinaii,, td sanatorium is intended min
nrosns s IoF early cases that OFFER pood
cure OF arrest of the disease
tSueIately advanced cases ba,,o SV'
taken from time TO time &c peeh
them hue 'ne principal object being to teach
s satSin now to follow the treatment tbon
l,iI,o ana continue it at home on1 ~
6 min them such hygienic training as Wo5S
I'm, NE the dangers of infecfion w N''
'ney left the institution ''oh "hen
bow we ngures given in this report show
for cnrn no" much greater the chances
- are In the incipient casas 80
sho,,,a inpoItant it is that treatD,a,'t
IiG De begun at as early a tima az
n orJer ana they show moreover, thai
n ~ otuer to obtain cure. the treatrn onat
# iii tine oe carried out for sulficlent Ienetn
luentiv mad ne mistake is only too fire.
ewes much improved ana heu Iaem-
o" nerr me institution too soon and befors
vitb ma neht cure has been esta biIsbas
vban 'He danger OF recurrence or reIanss
at ton an return to their former oocn-