422  Sanatorium  Treatment  of  Consumption,  {^pfembef.^oe0* 
decision  I  consider  rather  fortunate,  as  the  unveiling  of  a  monument 
with  its  attendant  ceremonies  will  not  only  help  the  members  of  our 
profession  but  would  also  attract  the  attention  of  the  public  in  such 
a  way  as  to  cause  them  to  take  a  more  active  interest  in  furnishing 
means  for  the  development  of  pharmacy.  Monuments  take  rank  as 
among  the  best  educational  influences  of  the  civilized  world,  sym- 
bolizing as  they  do  the  best  that  has  been  achieved.  They  not  only 
embody  and  preserve  man's  noblest  ideals  and  highest  purposes  but 
also  inspire  and  encourage  the  humblest  to  persevere  in  spite  of  all 
conditions  and  circumstances.  I  doubt  not  that  the  standards  of 
pharmacy  will  be  raised  in  this  country  by  a  concerted  effort  of 
pharmacists  to  perpetuate  the  ideals  for  which  Procter  stood. 
Finally,  I  may  say  that  this  is  the  first  attempt  made  in  America 
to  so  honor  a  member  of  the  pharmaceutical  fraternity,  and  the  co- 
operation of  all  is  desirable  that  the  undertaking  may  prove  not 
only  a  success,  but  in  order  that  pharmacists  may  show  to  the  world 
that  there  are  those  among  them  worthy  of  the  highest  esteem,  and 
that  they  themselves  duly  appreciate  and  honor  the  leaders  in  their 
ranks. 
THE  "  HOME  SANATORIUM  "  TREATMENT  OF 
CONSUMPTION.1 
By  Joseph  H.  Pratt,  A.M.,  M.D., 
Physician  to  Out-Patients,  Massachusetts  General  Hospital, 
Assistant  in  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Physic,  Harvard  University. 
Some  one  has  said  "  there  are  two  kinds  of  consumption — that  of 
the  rich  and  that  of  the  poor.  The  former  is  sometimes  cured,  the 
latter  never."  This  still  indicates  the  feeling  of  most  physicians. 
The  attempt  to  cure  tuberculosis  in  the  homes  of  the  poor  has 
seemed  well  nigh  hopeless.  Here  and  there,  however,  solitary 
workers  like  Dr.  Flick,  of  Philadelphia,  have  obtained  admirable 
results  even  in  the  slums  of  a  great  city. 
As  Dr.  Osier  said  in  his  lecture  before  the  Phipps  Institute,  "  The 
problem  of  tuberculosis  is  in  its  most  important  aspect  a  home 
1  Read  before  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  Medical  Society,  January  23, 
1906,  and  abstracted  from  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  Bulletin,  xvii,  No.  182,  p. 
140. 
