CHAPTER XIX 



TO START SANITARIUM WORK 



Outdoor Life Effective Dr. Trudeau's Plan Bad Condi- 

 tions Convalescents Work The Earth for Men Loca- 

 tion Important The Superintendent's Value The 

 Money Needed Supplementary Industries Preserving, 

 Baking, Selling, etc. Start Now. 



T ITTLE has yet been done in providing out- 

 J-J door employment for tubercular patients, 

 although the experience of the Vacant Lot Gar- 

 dens in individual cases has shown it to be most 

 effective. 



Dr. Trudeau's sanitarium in the Adirondacks, 

 however, has just initiated an Industrial and 

 Gardening Association where patients will be 

 able to employ themselves in the open air, even- 

 tually to support themselves and to learn a trade 

 which will keep them outdoors. 



To return an arrested case to the bench or desk 

 is generally to re-pronounce the sentence of 

 death from which the unfortunate has been re- 



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