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

and the skin takes on a healthy tan.
When the weather is permissible,
! the men patients are stripped to the
waist and sit in he sun, increasing
the time the same as with the lamp.
The women are given, theirs on the
screened porches. My youngest
daughter had bronchial affection a
year ago, and went through this
course of treatment, and is now
twenty pounds heavier and entirely
we'll Extremely beneficial results
are obtained in this way A COM
plete physical examination of every
patient is made on admission; de-
tailed history with record of all
conditions pertaining to the case is
made regularly, and a monthly re-
port sent to the family physician.
Each patient is weighed every week
and a record kept Sputum and
routine laboratory examinations are
made On all patients on admission
X-ray examinations are made of the
chest. and at regular intervals
thereafter. Each patient is visited
daily by a physician, and twice daily
by the head nurse, and given rou-
ting nursing by staff of nurses es-
pecially trained in the care and
treatment of tuberculosis. The
ratio of nurses to patients is one to
seven.
The diet or food in any tubercular
sanatorium is a matter yltally con-
cerning its successful operation. In
order to assure an appetizing diet a
rather wide range of fresh and out
of season vegetables and fruits are
used. A special effort is made TO
please each one. In the room where
the trays are filled by the nurses
each bed patient has card with his
name and cottage number posted,
and his likes and dislikes written on
it. Every effort is made to please
and secure a proper stimulus OF the
appetite, for it is necessary for them
to eat if they expect to improve and
recover.
The daily routine consists of break
fast at seven; the patients can order
what they want, bed patients giving
their order the night before Rest
hours for all patients are from nine
to eleven and two to four, except as
may be changed in accordance with
their Improvement and as exercise
is ordered. Dinner is served at
noon. Egg-nogs or milk are given
to special patients at ten and four,
and again before going to bed. Sup
per at five-thirty. Recreation until
eight, and at eight-thirty lights out.
Patients are permitted to be UP and
about a definite number of hours
each day when their condition war
rants. If advisable they are placed
on some exercise. When given eXer
else they are permitted to take
walks, to visit the city occasionally,
and attend entertainments and pic
ture shows with special permission.
At the sanatorium card games, pool,
music. societies of various kinds. lit
erary clubs and various other things
help to make each and every day
pleasure rather than a burden The
mana cement provide a special en-
teri ainment of some kind every
week, and on Christmas and other
holidays. An especial effort is made
to make them happy. Various lodges
and societies contribute to their en-
joyment
The rates are $28 a week, which
includes everything except X-ray
pictures. The counties which send
charity patients have a special con
tract at SO a day
In your Dallas paper the other
day | found this statement by A. W.
Frye, Supreme Commander of the
Maccatees:
"Tuberculosis kills three times as
many industrial workers as it does
office and professional men. The
death rate among industrial en-
ployes is twelve times as high as
among farm workers"
The sooner the people Of every
state realize that they can take care
of their own tubercular patients with
as good or better results than other
states can. the sooner will we see a
rapid decline in the unnecessary
migration of patients, with reduc-
ton of mortality rate.
Editors Note-This talk on hos
pital work by Grand Commander C.
l.. Alderman's daughter was given
before the Templar club of Dallas
upon invitation Of DR.. s. +. Milliken,
president of the club, who is head Of
a committee looking into hospital
| field in behalf Of Knights Templar