The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-20


 Wooamen of America, a fraterial in- surance society. Permanent struc- lures erected will Include a central building and receiving hospital, the former 220x120 feet and the latter S5x 100 feet. Both will be of heavy fire proof construction. A power and heat Ing plant will supply electricity and steam to all parts of the grounds. The preaant number of tent-cottages vii be douhied, giving facilities to care for approximately 400 patients. When ecmpleted the sanatortunn will have This institution is the only one of It's kind that makes no charge for treatment of tuberculosis, insurance saved warranting the expenditure in- volHed. Inauguration of the i'm proyements mentioned marks the pass ingsDf <the experimental stage. Though it has been in operation but a short time the sanatorium already has jus tif3ed its existence in the mere mat ter of dollars and cents by prolonging the lives of members of the society, thus proving that it is q practical phil anthropy. Of greater importance how ease is the educational feature, pa t1ents going out from the institution proving most effective missionaries to warn others and to teach the doctrine Of right living.
 aFeedings in the Treatment.
 Treatment of tuberculosis on a plan difftW ng materially from that follow @d by any other institution of Its kind ts contemplated at the Modern Wood xnen's sanatorium, when improv veTnents that are about to be started have been completed. Proceeding on the theory that faulty nutrition IS the immediate cause of breakdown and by far the most serious obstac cle in the way of re- covery in the vast majority of cases patients on entering the sanatorfun, waii He cuIaced under the closest pos sitle Dbgsr vation with e view Of as- certaining the exact condition of their course Of feeding wi,I be started to bring the patient up to normal weight upon attaining which, if other symp- systematically graduated exercise.
 pr J. A. Rutledge, medical director of the institution, and his stan of spe- cialists believe that injudscious feed ing has deprived hundreds of patients of chance of recovery. Often it happens that afflicted person will make quick gains at the beginning Of the treatment. on-y to suffer sud- den relapse due, not to the breaking down of lung tissue, but to the faiI- ure of the a1imentary tract to perform it's functions Generally this leaves the individual in worse condition, thar when treatment was begun. The medical stan in charge of the Wood men sanatorium are convinced that such relapses can be avoided if sufh- cient attention is paid to getting the digestive organs in proper condition and keeping them so.
 As to Exercise.
 graduated system of exercise vii be step in advance of the methods followed by other sanatoria. The rule has been, and still is, to turn out pa tients in as good shape as possible, so far as pulmonary condition is con cerned. but with muscles soft and hab- s'chasing the cure" Walking Is about the only form of exercise now regular ly provided for and that is consid- cred insufficient The majority of pa tisnts, on returning to their homes, must at once resume physical labor to support themselves and their families and often they again break down be- fore they have acquired the necessary degree of physical endurance It is the intention to devise a system of ex- of each individual and which will en- able him to go back to the farm, the workshop or the desk fitted, so far as it is possible to it him, to resume his
 A course of feeding divided into four distinct stages will be inaugurated within year. On being admitted to the fnstitution the patient will be Quartered at the receiving hospital and kept under the closest watch till his riod he will be given an experimental diet. Then he will be assigned to a tent and will take his meals in the first of teEee 9iR dining Fo9%S Ssn; in rd6n the csh 1I serve on the "short order plan. Each individual will order what he wants Ir0In a Dill or 1ar6. or preSCrapL1On prepared by his physician. who will be guided by his experiments upon the case in the receiving hospital Ts- sue building foods will be given the Having made satisfactory progress. the patient will be advanced to the aecond diring room where force feed as rapidly as possible. Carbohydrates win here form a large portion of the rations.
 Txercfse will not be encouraged till the patient is advanced to the third dining room, where he will be served with such varieties Of food as m gnt be properly set before any man in or dinary health. Those served in the third dining room will be put through a course Of exercise that may, in ua1 training and in others calisthen- ics for prescribed periods under di- resfi6n Of an instructor, and planned to bring into play all the muscles of
 New Buildings Planned For.
 Tn addition to the receiving hospi- tai and central building, the Wood men will during the coming year, erect a power house and make other inn provements costing, all told, nearly s30O, coo Work on the power house, for which most urgent need exists, will be started as soon after January as possible From the structure the exeavators. concrete gang, masons. carpenters, etc, will proceed in turn to the receiving hospital and central building so that in few weeks work on all three vii be under way.
 The power house will be built in swaIe or gu1ley at the southeast end Of the sanitoriUm proper The level of the boiler room wi be below that of all other buildings on the grounds, so that water formed through condensa- ton of steam used in. heating and cooking will return to the heating plart by Eravitation, insuring perfect d. aina9e of radiators. Granite bowl ders taken from the grounds of the sanatorfurn will be the ma te- -iaI us d 1T the wa ls of the power house, which will have a ground area of 145xJO. There will be a 90-foot chimney of re- rinforced concrete. Three double boil CTS. genera ting steam sufficient to heat -lI