Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-08-28
Starfnont Sanatoriufn.

postOffice and nearest railroad station
The property consists of six acres improved
by cOmmodious house and necessary out
buildings. The house is surrounded BY
fine forest trees and is built upon an ele
waited plateau having drainage in all di
rections. This house is used as an admin
lstration building. and is provided will
sitting rooms, dining room, kitchen. library
and bed rooms for the housekeeper ant
servants. The patients sleep in tents or in
cottages.
The rates for board and routine treat
ment are from $12 to $40 per week, de-
pending upon the quarters occupied. The
rate Tor a large tent, or a single-room cot
tage is SIP week. Like rate for quarters
in the Riggs Cottage of five rooms, arranged
side by side, with deep veranda running
entire length of front.
Berliner Memorial Building is an Infirm-
airy built especially for and used exclusively
by the advanced cases; it provides quar-
tiers for those who require close attention
and who desire to have adjoining their
rooms every comfort and convenience of
their modern city homes. Rates SIS a week.
Voet cottage contains two suites each of
two rooms and bath opening into COM
mon reception hall with fireplace as
modern and complete as any home could
be. Rates, each suite. $50 a week.
All cottages are built on the improved
pattern for quito door or open-air living, in
all kinds of weather, the year round.
No cases will be refused for fear of hurt
ing record. While none will be refused,
no matter how far advanced they may be,
and every care and attention given them,
such cases will in nowise come in contact
with the incipients. The advanced cases
live in the Berliner Memorial Hospital build
ing each room has an open-air sleeping
porch which the patient is encouraged to
use. None of these advanced cases are
allowed to feel there is no hope for them
They being able to sleep out of doors, with
warm, comfortable room into which they
can be rolled at moments notice does
much to encourage the most hopeless and
keep alive the faintest spark of life that
is so precious to each one of us.
The incipients occupy the tents or single
room cottages with modern bath cOnven-
fences for their exclusive use.
An abundance of clean rich milk, fresh
eggs right from the surrounding farms :;
vegetables from our garden, and every
known fruit and berry indigenous to the
soil, is grown on the place.
Three wells supply a never failing source
of pure water.
1t is now generally recognized that it is
not necessary to send patients to distant
localities in order to promote their recovery,
and that excellent results may be obtained
in properly conducted sanatoria located in
the vicinity of our eastern cities. This has
been demonstrated in Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New York. Pennsylvania and Mary
land, and by the experience already gained
at Starm0nt SanatOrium. which received
its first patients in October. 1905. The
advantages of treatment in sanatorium
located near the patients home are ap-
parent, The depressing influence of home
sickness which has such a disastrous in
fluence upon many persons who are sent
to distant localities, with the mistaken
idea that n special climate is necessary
for the cure of the disease, is neutralized
by proximity to home and frequent visits
from friends. Moreover. the expense of a
long journey, in many instances, exhausts
the patients resources and he finds him
self Obliged to live among strangers, with
out proper medical supervision. and often
with insufficient or improper nourish ment.
The effects of the treatment in all of the
incipient and a majority Of the moderately
advanced cases have been very notable
AS a rule improvement has commenced
at once night sweats. if present, have
promptly disappeared digestion has inn
proved; anaemia has given place to the
rosy hue of health" fever has diminished
and finally disappeared the cough and
expectoration have improved or disappear
ed and decided gain in weight and in
strength has occurred.
The SanatOrium is under the supervision
of Gen. Geo. NJ. Sternberg, u. S. A., NJ d.
Ii. D.. director; Superintendent Mrs W..
H. Bradbury; Assistant Superintendent and
Secretary. Mrs. f. W. Koch: Examining
Physicians, John l.. Lewis. Bethesda, Md.
and J. NJ. White. GAINESVILLE. Md. Medical
Director. Jesse II. Ramsburgh, Washing
ton. d. C.
Prospective patients may communicate
by letter or phone with the superintendent.
Mrs. w. II. Bradbury. Washington Grove.
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APPLIES For HELP.
This Sanatorium has now been open
almost a year. and we hoped by this time
to be able to make it pay its way, but we
find we can not do the work we would like
TO do without some outside help Having
no capital or endowment, we are asking
for subscriptions to care for cases where
the families and friends can not do so,
and especially those with children who
will probably become infected il the sick
member is allowed to remain with only
such care as is ordinarily given them at
home.
We have at present several Montgomery
county cases whose families are unable to
pay for them. and. as we are now in debt.
unless we get some aid we shall be Obliged
to refuse to care for them LONGER. We
have had applications from others which
we have been Obliged to refuse because Of
lack Of funds.
We have applied for help to the County
Commissioners and have been informed
that there are no funds available to care
for these sick unfortunates. and unless
help is forthcoming from private sources
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