The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15

amount of carbonic acid gas makes
the waters stipersaturated. 1t is per-
haps not generally known that the
Saratoga waters contain "A largo
amount of radioactivity. Radium
salts are dissolved in the waters in
an unusual degree. The effect OF ra-
dunn salts taken internally is said
to last about three days.
In his annual report to the State
Reservation Commissioners, just is
sued. DR.. Ferris thus speaks of the
curative possibilities at Saratoga:
The numbers of men and
who should he in the prime of life
bu, who suffer a great lowering in their
efficiency and in heir capacity for en-
loymcnt because of the impairment
OF vital organs are increasing at an
alarming rate. especially in oar great
cities. Recently welfare work has
been instituted among thousands OF
employees of our large manufacturing
establishments in order that the ordi-
nary facts concerning housing, food.
work, recreation. rest, education, &c,
may be taught to "A certain degree,
to the end hat the employees may
preserve their efficiency longer and
may be of real value to their employ
ers throughout the entire part of their
life. which in most cases Is devoted
to labor. Nor is the impairment OF
functions or disease of vital organs
largely confined to the artisan or me-
chanic. or the general employee of
the factory. Fully as many instances
are encountered in thousands whose
..,,-i- H., A..-Af, In Ga11G nf manfnl
activity, such as clerks and officers
in banks. Recent examinations snow
that a large percentage, In one bank
100 per cent, of the clerks and ON
GERS show chronic disease OF such a
character as greatly TO limit their
efficiency and of such IA gravity as
to he beyond cure. Very many of
these prospective invalids could have
been prevented from reaching a point
of ~incurability had they been treated
properly and early, n many QUIZ
have been easily cured had the nrst
premonitory symptoms been recog-
nized and regarded.
The cures to he offered at Saratoga
Springs are Of such a character and
variety as to meet most of the diff
! tIlNltS fNlNlilE III we ''''
commencing invalidirm, to which al
fusion has been made, either as pa
~liatives or partial r~estoratives, operat-
ing so as To lengthen the life and in
crease the comfort of the persons per
manently impaired or to assist nature
in effecting an absolute cure.
1.-THE fact that when properly
equipped the State will be able to rear
a large return and enjoy a constant
income amounting to IA handsOm2 per
Centago of the outlay here Is bcCom'
ing more prominent, not only through
the study of the large incomes enjoyed
by foreign spas, where initial and re
peatcd large appropriations have beer
made for development and equipment
but also through the study Of the new
statistics provided by those who arr
investigating the average loss OF ell
cheney In all our large citi's. due t.
, many chronic diseases that earl!
treatment would have prevented o
cured had the unfortunate victim
taken advantage Of such opportunitie
as the State Of NV York is now pro
viding at Saratoga Springs. II Is
, fact that If the hard working, overfed
5 underslept business man would sub
init himself to a careful medical ex