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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 27, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 5.

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Visits to Sanitariums

By L. A. Hansen

THE writer's recent tour in the West included visits to the sanitariums in Boulder, Colo., and in Southern California. We found them in an encouraging condition. These same institutions were recently visited by the editor of the REVIEW, and his reports have appeared in former numbers of this paper.

Kansas

On my return trip I called at the Kansas Sanitarium, at Wichita. The institution was maintaining the record-breaking patronage which it had held for nearly a year. Not a room was vacant, and I had to choose between staying at a hotel or sharing a room with a guest.
The patronage of the Kansas Sanitarium is a representative one. The city of Wichita is contributing a liberal share of business, both of house patients and of transient treatment patrons. Some of the physicians and surgeons of the city are showing a growing friendliness to the institution, and are giving it support.
The additions to the building, made necessary by its growing work, are about completed. The new elevator is doing satisfactory service. Other improvements have been made.
The nurses graduating from the institution readily pass the State board examination, which speaks well for the training they are receiving. They are in demand for outside work.
Dr. L. A. Sutter, the superintendent, has been kept quite busy, carrying the entire medical work alone, besides assisting in teaching and in other lines. Dr. Josephine Andersen had just arrived at the time of my visit, to assist as the work demanded. R. L. Carson, the business manager, also had a full share of work. The Kansas Sanitarium is a busy place. The outlook for a prosperous business is good.

The Florida Sanitarium

As I saw the surroundings and general situation of the sanitarium at Orlando, Fla., I could not but thank God that we possess such beautiful places as this and others of our sanitarium locations. This goes far toward making these institutions ideal for their purpose. The Florida Sanitarium classes with the best of them.
Orlando, the county seat of Orange County, marks one of the prettiest parts of Florida. There are upwards of a thousand fresh-water lakes in the county, sixteen of them within the corporate limits of the city, and twenty-seven in the immediate vicinity. The lakes have a tempering effect upon the climate, cooling the summer heat and warming the sharp winds of winter, giving an equable climate the year round.
The city has a population of about ten thousand. This is increased in winter by the large number of tourists from the North, many of whom have erected handsome winter homes. The city improvements, in sewerage system, street pavement, etc., with the parks, churches, and institutions, make Orlando one of the most attractive cities of the South. The mean temperature for the past twenty years, by months, is given as from 59 degrees in January to 82 degrees in August. There is usually rain every month of the year. Cool, soft, pure water is abundant. Fruits and vegetables are plentiful. Malaria does not prevail.
Thus, natural conditions have given us a most favorable location for our sanitarium. Well-directed effort has added to its attractiveness, and general improvements have been made, until we now possess a place that is quite complete in all needed facilities and equipment. The new main building is beautifully located a little way from and overlooking Lake Estelle. The fine sun parlor on the ground floor is a delightful room for lounging, reading, and vesper services.
The original main building has been nicely improved. The dining room is located in this building, and is an attractive, restful room. The meals are good. A number of cottages, conveniently located, offer accommodations for those who desire rooms away from the main building.
The physicians, Drs. R. S. and Olive Ingersoll, are competent and have had much experience, both in this country and abroad. Facilities are ample for all general lines of medical and surgical practice. B. W. Spire, the business manager, has been connected with sanitarium work since its beginning in the South. He is untiring in his labors. A staff of efficient workers in all other necessary lines provide a full sanitarium service. Elder W. H. Heckman, president of the conference and chairman of the board, is in close touch with the institution and its needs, and is a strong supporter of its work.
It seems to me a proper thing to call the attention of our people in the Southern field to the fact that we have here an institution that is well prepared to care for a goodly number of sick people, both rich and poor. We can feel free to heartily recommend the Florida Sanitarium to those needing its services. It should have a larger patronage than it is now receiving.
This institution is fully worthy of the confidence and support of all. The management is a careful one. This is seen in many things about the place. Owing to a limited season for its principal patronage, it has unusual conditions with which to contend. Nevertheless the work has been fairly prosperous. With good, strong support from the Southern field all the time, the institution's work may be greatly strengthened.
L. A. HANSEN.