The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-04
TWO YEARS RECORD OF
PlTTSFORD SANA10RlUM
Ninety Per Cent. Of Incipient Cases
Treated Are Discharged Cured
Only One Death in Two
Years.

At the annual meeting Of the Yer.
mont sanatorium held AZ Piltsford Jan.
uary ~, 1910, a report WAS submitted
10 the board Of trustees showing the
work Of the sanatofium for the two
years ending Dec. 81 1909 During this
time l0l patients were admitted classi.
fed az follows. 81 were ineipient 81
first stages S. were moderately ad.
yaneed or second stage and 20 We're
far advanced q third stage cases One
case 81 general military tuberculosis de-
veioppd meningitis and died at the saua
tofinm This was the only death that
occurred Two cases were diagnosed "a
non-tubereulous During this same time
l53 patients were discharged. - or 2n0j
per cent. were apparently cured 70 or
4fl per cent arrested ~ OF 1877 per
cent improved and q 0r 1885 per cent.
nnmproved or progressive. Two cases
classified as non-tuherculous and tW0
patients who stayed less than one week
not considered
Taking the patients according 20 their
classification II was shown that Of the
10 incipient cases discharged. 6a Or 80
per cent. were cured or arrested Of the
61 moderately advanced, SO Or only 55.f
per cent We're cured or arrested while
Of the Is far advanced. only or 81
per cent were cured or arrested
In order to show the Importance Of
a longer course OF treatment. cases dis
charged during the last year were di.
yided into two classes those that stayed
less and those that stayed more than
three months respectively OF the "a
who stayed less than three months lar-
eraee stay an dayl 8 or lT8 per cent
were cured while Of the patients who
stayed more than three months iayerage
stay 1876 days. II Of 32.5 per cent
were cured. Moreover the average gain
Of these who stayed more than three
months was 1901 pounds as against on.
lv 7.26 pounds. for those who stayed
less than three months This table in.
cluded incipient. moderately advanced
and far advanced eases.
n order 70 show that the benefits q
sanatOrium treatment were not merely
temporary. as fuli information as pos
sihle was obtained regarding 10 patients
who had all been discharged more than.
a year Direct replies or positive state
ments were received regarding "a and
Of these o. known eases. ~ or 50 per
cent were living and earning a liveli
hood Here again, the ineipieHt cases
show mp very much more favomblys
Q2.3 per cent being alive while 1913 per
cent of the advanced eases we're dead.
While the sanatarium i intended
principally FOR early cases that offer
good prospect 81 cure or arrest Of the
disease. moderately advanced eases have
hcen taken from time 10 time AZ vae
aueies exist. the principal object being
20 teach them how 10 follow the treat
meut themselves and continue Il % home
and 20 give them such hygiene training
as would minimize the dangers 6f nj
lection when they left the Institution.
The figures given ia this report show
however how much greater the chances
for cure are "a the ineipient cases aud
how Important e IS That treatment
should be Begun 81 IS early q time as
possible and they show. moreover that
rs order to obtain cure the treatment
must be carried ont for sufficient
length 81 time. The mistake Is only TOO
made that patients feeling
themselves mnch improved and benefited
leave The Institution too soon and Be-
fore permanent cure has been estab
lishad. with the danger Of recurrence or|
relapse when they return % their former
and surroundings.