Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08

the absence of movable furniture; moth
ing that can be pried loose for use as
an instrument or weapon. Even the
toilet fixtures are sunk in the wall
where they cannot be pried away.
There are no survivors Of the colony
of thirteen patients enrolled at the date
the institution was established, April
4 1877, but there are many men and
women, who have been here for periods
ranging from 10 to 40 years. Several
have become bed-ridden, mere shells
of q person. Yet with tenacity, that
slender flame that denotes life wavers
and CLOVIS in the body, commanding
complete care and protection under
our present code of treatment of the
human being, until it finally sputters
out.
Care for the Sick
Skilled physicians, a dentist, trained
nurses and experienced attendants are
residents at the institution. The re-
ceiving hospital itself Is well equipped
with a modern operating room, x-ray
and allied apparatus, laboratory con
Quoted by a qualified technician, hyd-
rotherapy department.; comfortable
beds. Competent help takes care Of the
physically sick when the bodily mech
anism of the patient becomes damaged
by disease or wear. Every attention is
given these now tncapacitated wards OF
the state, and one wonders how society
can justify itself in giving these poor
souls such attention, yet leave the sane
and useful, sick and injured outside this
institution to shift for themselves as
best they may, many to wind up at
Warm Springs. But there Is an answer,
an Illuminating one. Many patients in
Warm Springs, as in state hospitals
elsewhere, respond to treatment, recover
and return to civil environment. It Is
pertinent to here remind the public
that these people should be accorded
every encouragement, not be Stunned.
In any event, the inmate population of
institutions should never be viewed as
a grand assembly of calamitieS.
To Cure Is the Goal
Present-day treatment and care of
the mentally i'll, combined with scien-
tific research, marks one Of the out
standing features of a prevailing era
of medical progress. To effect recover
les and cure Is the goal Essentials
In this are occupational therapy, phys
ical education, social and recreational
activities. The management at Warm
Springs Is striving to maintain and
expand these vital phases with the IA
cilities at hand, but curtailed finances
intervene, even talking photOplays that
could be shown in the patients theater
OF 044 SeabluB capacity nave Deen 6uS-
pended. Nevertheless, there Is a beauty
parlor. sewing and fancy work rooms,
radios and piano, other diversion for
the women. These entertainment fea-
lures have been purchased by the
women through sales made Of their
handiwork. For the men-they, too,
have magazines and reading matter
sent to them by relatives or donated
by visitors to the institution, and a few
radios. But diversion for the men is
largely that afforded by outdoor &C.
tivity on the farms, lawns, work in the
laundry and industrial shops Religious
services by the clergy Of several denom-
nations are held every Sunday.
Remote from urban interests and ac-
tivity the employees of the institution,
whose duties are obviously ardous, have
organized on q club basis for enter
tainment and their social welfare. They
enjoy occasional dances, have acquired
a piano, musical instruments and some
furniture. all financed from their per-
sonal contributions
Build Up Rating
Doctor Dunn, as head Of this big In
stitution, has been wreaelinG against