The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-30
PRAISE
is GIVEN
The Ohio State SanatOrium
By A Maine Physician,
Superintendent Of The Maine
tuberculosis Hospital
President Thurman Gives
Out Information To Public
That Or. S. A. Douglass viii
Remain 10 Charge Here
An Interesting Write Up Of
The State Institution

The Columbus Journal of Sunday
contained the following interesting
write-up Of the Ohio State Sanatorium
Mt. Vernon, and comparison of the
Mt. Vernon hospital with the Maine
hospital:
The young man up there is doing
very well; we have no thought of dis.
turbing him.
This was the sentiment, tersely ex.
pressed by A. w. Thurman of the
state board of administration, in re.
sponse to a request for little light on
( a report to the effect that DR.. c. o.
Probst, formerly secretary of the state
board of health and one of the ac-
knowledged tuberculosis experts of the
United States, was to be offered the
medical dictatorship of the Ohio State
Sanatorium at Mt. Vernon. DIR. Probst
is at present in Vienna, taking special
work with the leading authorities of
tlC WOllu Ou IuDclCulOblb.
This is a high compliment for DR..
8. A. Douglas, for the institution that
nestles among the uplands of Knox
| county is beginning to attract the at
tention of experts throughout the
world: Even were DR.. Probst to be
added to the staff, 1t could not be con.
strued as other than compliment to
''the young man up there" for he has
brought the place to position where
1t Is being considered and talked about
by leading authorities in the tubercu.
lar treatment, in which line DR.. Probst
is considered one of the first in the
United States and among the leaders
of the world.
Praised by Authority
One of the most recent authorities
to inspect the place was DR.. Estes
Nichols of the Maine Sanatorium, one
of the models of this country and a
place which Architect Frank l.. Pack
ard visited repeatedly when preparing
the plans for the institution now ac-
cepted as a model. After thorough
inspection, DR.. Nichols, when asked for
his Impressions at Mt. Vernon, said:
81 was much impressed with the
splendid buildings, which are SO well
laid out in relation to each other,
cannot conceive how 1t was possible
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many things that are especially adapt
ed for the purpose, without getting
more things that were undesirable.
do not know of another institution in
this country where sanatorium so
well equipped and SO complete in detail
was turned over to board of trus-
tees by commission. Practically
nothing was left to the executive man
agement to worry about except run
ming the institution. / am afraid,
however, that the physicians in the
state do not realize what the sanator-
ium means to them. All sanatoria de-
pend upon the medical profession for
their supply of patients, and they have
not realized that the sanatorium plan
of treatment offers the best chance for
recovery.
"The sanatorium at Mt. Vernon for
inclpient cases is situated so central
| ly that patients can reach the place
within few hours from the most dis
tant parts of the state. was sorry
not to see the place completely filed
because it indicates that the people In
the state do not understand the value
the institution is to them. The admin
istration building is model, and
think the dining room is the best one
in existence. If people cannot get well
in such fine institution they surely
must be hopeless cases, Perfect har
mony has been carried out in every
detail so the minute you enter the
building you feel the atmosphere OF
peace and hope.
81 also was impressed with the
economy that has been carried out in
erecting this institution, but you could
expect nothing else from such a com
mission ! feel sure that as soon as
the people learn more about the place
every bed will be taken and the institu
ton will be doing thousands Of dollars