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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 9, 1907

Iowa Sanitarium

By H. A. Habenicht, M. D.

The Iowa Sanitarium, located in Des Moines, Iowa, was built in 1898-99, and opened for work in October, 1899, with Dr. R. H. Habenicht as superintendent. The work looked favorable from the start; and in 1899 the manufacture of foods was begun in the basement of the church, which continued there until 1902, when a new food factory was built.

The work has continued with varied degrees of success, and with several different physicians in charge. Our work has so grown and the “sanitarium idea” become so prevalent that during the past year we have hardly been able to care for our patients. We have been perplexed at times to know what to do, as we could not do our work under present conditions, without overworking our faithful help.

The year just past has been the best in the history of the institution, and the months of this year have been better still.

Very many cases of surgery have come to us; these we have been able to relieve without a loss of life more than one per cent. Many of these cases have been of the most perplexing kinds.

We hope to be able to build a new sanitarium very soon, to care for our work properly, and we are confident that it will be full from the start.

We are very grateful for the blessings experienced and for the success granted us, and wish to give credit to Him who worked for us.

The following is a list of the officers and nurses of the institution:—

H. A. Habenicht, M. D. (superintendent), L. C. Christofferson (manager), Mrs. L. C. Christofferson (matron), Esther Allen, Ethel Boyle, Vera Bowes, Vernon Carnahan, Marie Christenson, Hannah Ferguson, Charles Jones, Tracy Lytle, Agnes Nelson, Cort Nelson, Harry Newman, Austie Pellymounter, Maud Perrin, Meckie Pollard, Annie Rasmussen, Minnie Rasmussen, Lawrence Thompson, Bertha Van Buren, Rhoda Warner, Maud Weller.

H. A. HABENICHT, M. D.