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lias IxM-n done when tin- temperature was do\\ as 38 



below icro, In (he Massachusetts State Sanatorium i 



which is situated at the top of ft hill, tin- majority of the pati- 

 sleep in the wards, where then* is a strong [ win.l from 



\vli. iire.-iinn it may happen to come. It i- jusl al 



the sanic as if the patient.- -l-pt out >rs all ile time \vhil 



in these words with open windows. In the > 

 toriiim for tulx'ivulous and >crofulous children at ( '< md. 



outdoor >1 eping, 1 nit above all. outdoor playing in mill-winter. 

 isthernle; indoor life the except inn. > I . in. 



I :ive here a few illustrations of sanatoria to >how the life in 

 those institutions. ( Kip*. 42 and'43.) Asacontra-i to the winter 

 scenes, I also show a picture of the re>t -cure in the \\ oin- 



hsciplme. ^ ^ , i( ni;;in sanatorium. (Fig. 44.) The latter ahowa how 

 the patients in a sanatorium know how to have a good tim--. < >IM 

 must not think these institution^ dreary and cheerleSB pi,- 

 The majority of the patients do well, as a rule, and pro- 

 favorably toward n onseijueijce they feel happy 



and impart tin ir joy and .irood humor to the rest, thus helpii 

 ke.-p all the patients in <rood ch- 

 ine discipline in these institutions deserves l>y no meal 

 IK- considereil an ohjectionahle feature. I)i>cipline in a sana- 

 torium for consumptives is as essential in the interest of the 

 patient as for everybody else, The rules and peculations of the 

 institution are for the common jrood. The physicians and 

 nurses have, as a rule, the patience, forbearance, and devotion 

 which their calling requires; but when it is necessary in the 

 interest of the patients and their environments. tJie physician 

 must have the ri^ht to make his authority felt. A -anaim-ium 

 should not only be a place when- a patient becomes cured, but 

 al-o a place where he should learn some losons for the future. 

 All that he will have learned from the rules and rerulali< 

 and the advice of the phy.-ician concerning how to pn- 1 

 liini--lf and other.- from contracting the disease, how not to 

 take cold, and how not to lose what he has gained, are precious 

 -ons which he will take home with him. 



The phy.-ician of the consumptive, whether in a sanatorium 

 or at home, mu.-t be the friend of the patient, and have hi.- 

 unlimited confidence. In all such questions M marri: 



-nal relations, and childbii'th the phvsician's advice should 

 besought, Much unhappin<-> and family misfortune can often 

 be avoided by a-kinc and conscientiously following the pi. 

 cian's advice. the main features of sanatorium treat- 



