New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-27
70 ROOMS FOR
TWILIGHT SLEEP"
jewish Maternity Hospital
VIII Add New Wing
TO the Building.
GETS INQUIRIES FROM
ALL OVER COUNTRY
Freiburg Clinic Reports 5000
Method Gains Favor
Expense Small.

In order to meet tho rapidly iucrcas-
irG demand for twilight sleep treat
mcut in eases of ch.'db.r'h. the direct
ors of the Jcnsh Maternity Hospital.
go East Broadway. have decided 10
build an addition Of seventy rooms.
The new wing viii be a. the rear Of
the present building. and work ON 10 I'
20 be started early DO the autumn.
Superintendent Arrow said yc,tor-
day that since tine success of the civil
light sleep" system as adopted M the
hospital had become generally kuo"d
the institution had been dclugcd WITH
inquiries from people boo ai stations
Of life.
Long distance telephone calls have
come from cities as far distant COS Bos-
ton and Washington. while hundred
Of letters spvc been received from all
parts of the country. I'm each case the
inquirer has been given the answer
that the reports of success have been
correct. that the hospital rs uou-sec-
tartan and that anybody is welcome TO
admission as long o. there BIS room.
cat present wc arc fun Co capacity.
said Mr. Arrow. "but. of course, pa
ticuts are leaving daHy. and we hay"
been able 90 take care OF most Of those
who have applied for treatment. ] am
afraid that the great number OF out
side applications will ovcrtaN US, but
we shall do the best we can
The German physician from the
Frciberg Clinic. who has been In charge
Of administering the drugs at the hos
pital said that each day showed the
twilight sleep" method 10 be gaining
in favor i'm this country. 81 am Ger
tain that il will be iu general use here
boo very short time he continued.
when women have been educated 20
the merits Of the treatment. II seems
TO me that they must insist upon b..
The cost is only about $40 more than
that of an ordinary confinement. 10
cases whore the patient has weak
heart or is Of highly nervous tenn
permanent this So tenn is especial. =
good. The strain or the heart or on
the nervous system which accompanies
childbirth under ordinary conditions Is
entirely eliminated"
The doctor said that more than six
thousand cases had been handled a.
Freiberg since the inauguration OF the
system, twelve years ago. lie viii
make d report 10 the medical conyeu-
tion which is 90 be held iH Buffalo next
month. After that. he said. he would
be more free 10 discuss the question.
At present he feels it would be UNI
ethical to allow his name 10 be used
When questioned as 90 the possibility
Of "twiii ght sleep treatment iu a prI-
vatc home. he answered that 10 could
be done. provided the house was so ar
ranged that the conditions OF the hos
pital could be duplicated lie felt
however. that the proper place was a-
the hospital. owing 20 the fact that the
doctor In attendance would have been
trained AZ the Freiberg Clinic. and the
number Of such physicians is bound 20
be small for some time 20 come
For that reason. BIO felt. the demand
ON a doctors time II he undertook TO
handle cases in the home would be too
great. in the hospital, he said many
more cases could be handled iu %
given time and iu a more satisfactory
manner. The employment of special
nurses al private treatment would D.
crease the expense.