Evening star., 1934-08-09

this Is possible only when the hospital
tS located near some large city.
Dr. Prentixs Wilson. former presi-
dent Of the Medical Society Of the
District Of Columbia:
Prom every viewpoint, whether
that Of increased disqualification Of
tuberculosis patients, that OF the con-
ditions most favorable 10 their care
and treatment. or the advantage In
tlnne-saving % the physician medical
schools and laboratories Of Washing
ton-it seems 20 me that II would be
far better nov 10 90 forward with
the plan for a tuberculosis hospital
center on the Glenn Dale tract as
begun
The fact that this site was chosen
bv the Board Of Commissioners after
fun and free study by committee Of
experts. that the 2le-acre tract thus
chosen was bought and paid for with
the authority Of Congress, and that
the first unit OF the proposed tuber-
culosiS center. namely. the Childrens
Sanatoriurn, was constructed there
and Is now ready for operation. and
further that Congress has provided
funds for the planning Of the adult
hospital on that tract-all these con-
alterations in addition 10 the others
mentioned above, only serve To make
IL Just plain common sense now TO
build the adult hospital at Glenn Dale
and carry on the progress Of a center
for the care Of all tuberculosis pa
tients. This should be done without
further delay.
DR.. william Gerry Morgan, former
president of the American Medical
Association and head Of the George
town Medical College:
Most assuredly am / glad TO voice
my positive and unqualified opinion
that from whatever angle the queS-
ton is now viewed IL would be a
calamity not to have the proposed
adult hospital planned as part OF
the tuberculosis center in due prox-
unity to the new sanatorium for tu-
berculosis children on the land al
ready bought and within quick and
convenient reach OF Washington.
Whatever difference of views may
I1ANE BAlstCu NAiNh hliN SNfNNbACA VI
the Glenn Dale site for this important
medical work was made, there can be
no possible justification at this late
date for proposal to locate the hos
pital for adult patients far away from
the city in the opposite direction. To
do such a thing is unthinkable. 1t
would violate every consideration and
principle of consultant medical serv-
ice available from physicians engaged
in practice in the District OF Colum-
bia as well as the vital advantage to
the several medical schools and their
laboratories connected with our uni
versities.
In addition to all this, the idea of
building the adult hospital apart from
the children'S sanatorium and there
by destroying the plan to construct
i. tuberculosis medical center merely
for the theoretical advantage of alti-
tude OF site would be wasteful ex-
travagance and misuse of the funds
for the maintenance of the institution
which must ultimately be paid from
the taxable resources of the District
OF Columbia. l trust that this new
idea has not gone so far that it may
not be reversed in favor of the Glenn
Dale plan so carefully worked out sew
eral years ago by a competent COM
mittee of public health and medical
men and women. t.-.
Miss Katherine F. LenrOOt, presi-
dent, Monday Evening Club and act
ing chief of the ChiIdren's Bureau of
the Labor Department:
AS president of the Monday Eve
ming Club, which for many years has
taken a leading part in the effort TO
obtain adequate provision for the care
of tubercular children and adults in
the District of Columbia, 1 wish to
express my most earnest hope that
decision as to the site for the projected
Sanatorium will be made promptly
and that the careful canvassing al
ready done. and the opinions of quail
fed experts in the field Of public
health and social welfare will be given
full consideration. The social wei are
program of the Monday Evening Club
as approved by the Executive Com
mittee June l9, 1888, contains the
following recommendation: "A new
adult tuberculosis hospital in accord
ance with the program approved by
the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia" The advantages OF a CEN
trail unit for the treatment of tuber-
culosis, accessible TO medical special
lists and TO friends and relatives of
those who are i'll. constitute weighty
reasons for the retention of the Glenn
Dale site.
Or. Montgomery Blair. jr., associate
attending phySician'N Children's Hos
pital; attending physician. Children's
Country Home, and assistant pediatri-
clan, Emergency Hospital;
In the present controversy over the
site for the adult tuberculosis hospi-
tai there is one angle which as yet
has not had very much consideration
and which has neither strictly eco
nomical nor entirely professional fea-
lures. still it should have a place in
the argument for the choice OF Glenn
Dale as the location of the new adult
hospital. The reasons for centraliza-
tion Of tuberculosis Sanstoria activities
are only too obvious from the stand
point both of efficient medical care
and also Of the taxpayers pocket
books All this has been thoroughly
discussed by competent authorities.
But still another and perhaps more
human reason for Capitalization is the
concentration in one municipal CEN
ter Of tuberculous families. 1t is A
wen-known fact that a very large
percentage of tuberculouS children
contract the disease through immedi-
ate contact with adult tuberculosis. In
such instances where the members Of
one family have tuberculosis, Sepa-
ration by many miles. particularly of
parents and children. would create