Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-04-23

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400 of the moderately advanced
cases become apparently arrested,
and about 10@6 of the far-advanced
cases reach the quiescent stage.
Therefore the earlier the diagnosis
the greater chance for the arrest
ment of the disease.
Rocky Glen is constructed on the
cottage plan This arrangement or
patients accommodations avoids the
Objectionable feature of most sana-
toria built on the ward plan. The
cottages are single, duplex and
triplex. They use the single cot
tages more as isolation cottages for
actually i'll patiente The duplex
raher than the tripleX arrangement
is the most satisfactory.
The cottages have living room
with an adjoining sleeping porch
which is screened and storm prooted,
electric lights. running water, call
hell and are comfortably furnished.
The cottage proper is used as a liv-
ing and dressing room, the patients
sleep on the porches summer and
winter. REGARDLESS of weather, being
rolled into the cottages TO eat IN
bad weather if it happens to be a bed
natient: if on exercise he goes to
the dining room. The cottages are
Of frame construction and connected
by a covered pergola which extends
to the administration building, and
protects the nurses and patients
from the weather. On either side or
the administration building are
groups of cottages. the more ad-
yanced cases requiring more care on
one side and the patients who are on
partial exercise on the other Dl-
rectly in front but across the road
from the main building is the
nurses home. a concrete building,
equipped with sufficient number Of
bed rooms and with parlor and
kitchen for nurses and suite OF two
rooms and bath on the first floor for
the head nurse. A little north is
similar building for the employees.
The administration building is Of
concrete and fireproof; contains the
medical and administrative offices,
X-ray and heliotherapy or sun lamp
laboratory, pathological laboratory,
recreation solarium, dining rooms,
kitchen, dish room, with central
heating plant and storeroom IN the
basement, the kitchen being equip
ped with every modern convenience
The sanatorium has a 35-acre
farm operating its own vegetable
garden. dairy and poultry plant. At
ter a certain number Of patients are
admitted the institution becomes
self-supporing, and they have never
failed to pay dividends.
The treatment of pulmonary tu-
terculOsis consists primarily of rest,
fresh air. good food, contentment of
mind and exercise. On admission
the patient is put to bed until such
4 time as his condition warrants a
change, when a definite schedule of
rest recreational rest, and exercise
when advisable are prescribed. I'm
fortunately there is no medicinal
treatment that is of any benefit ii
the lla;oriy C cases. althou5a
medicinal treatment is used al times
for the relief of some disttessihg
symptoms.
In some cases artificial pneumo-
thrax or the collapse of the most af-
fected lung by nitrogen gas may be
done. and this manner of treatment
is used extensively at Rocky Glen.
1t is given once week for several
months, giving the lung a rest and
chance to heal. One of the most
widely known successful pneumo-
thrax patients is Christy Matthew
son, the ball player.
Tuberculin injections are used in
some cases, but the average case un-
der sanatorium routine does not
need it, Artificial sunlight treat
ment by means of the Alpine Sun
Lamp, as we'll as direct sun light
treatment, is given to many patients.
A patient starting the treatment eX-
poses the affected lung or throat to
the direct ray for five minutes, in
creasing the time each day until it
has been exposed for sixty minutes,