92 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Dr. Theodore B. Sachs had in 1903 begun to lecture on tuber- 

 culosis, and had made a survey of the prevalence of tuberculosis 

 in some of the congested districts of Chicago, the results of 

 which were widely published. 



Following the organization of the Institute, one of its first 

 activities was the establishment of a tuberculosis camp, known as 

 Camp Norwood, in which 20 tuberculous women were success- 

 fully treated in the open air during the winter of 1906-7. Camp 

 Norwood was under the immediate direction of Dr. Theodore 

 B. Sachs and Dr. Ethan A. Gray. 



Directly following this came the erection of Edward Sana- 

 torium at Naperville, Illinois. This institution, made possible 

 through the generosity of Mrs. E. L. Gaylord, was placed under 

 the direction of Dr. Sachs, and was intended for the care of people 

 of moderate means. Later Dr. Sachs placed the sanatorium 

 under the general authority of the Chicago Tuberculosis Insti- 

 tute as its sanatorium department. He remained in full charge 

 of the institution until his death in 1916. 



The opening of the sanatorium marked an interesting epoch. 

 It was more than an attempt to provide institutional care. It 

 was a definite protest against the all too prevalent view of the 

 day that climate, and especially the southwestern climate, was 

 necessary in the treatment of tuberculosis. At the Edward 

 Sanatorium, the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, under the 

 leadership of Dr. Sachs, definitely proved, as had already been 

 proved by Bowditch, Trudeau, King, Flick, and others on the 

 Atlantic seaboard, that tuberculosis could be cured anywhere 

 if proper medical supervision and the other requisites of hygiene 

 and diet could be provided. 



The Institute next established a chain of seven tuberculosis 

 dispensaries under the direction of Dr. E. A. Gray. They were 

 transferred to the control of the Municipal Sanitarium Board 

 in 1910. 



In 1908 the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute secured the passage 

 of the original Glackin law, under which the city of Chicago 

 was given permission to vote on the question of the establish- 

 ment of the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Immediately 

 following the passage of the law the Institute conducted a whirl- 



