Sanitarium News by L. A. H.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 14, 1912

Sanitarium News

By L. A. H.

ELDER L. T. CRISLER has retired from the business management of the Florida Sanitarium, entering upon ministerial work in the Georgia Conference.

An item in the Workers’ Bulletin indicates that the sanitarium at Nevada, Iowa, is enjoying quite a full patronage, with the possibility of “always making room for one more.”

BROTHER L. M. BOWEN has accepted reelection as business manager of the St. Helena (Cal.) Sanitarium, with the provision that his family may be located on his ranch at Hughson.

THE Nebraska Sanitarium at College View reports a good list of recent arrivals, with indications of an increasing patronage. The sanitarium at Hastings, Nebr., is having a good volume of work, with new arrivals taking the place of departing patients who have been cured.

THE Kansas Sanitarium, at Wichita, also gives a favorable report of its work for the winter, and of its present outlook. Several influential persons have made prolonged visits to the institution. An excellent spirit of good cheer prevails, with a desire on the part of nurses and management to exert every energy in the giving of proper care to the patrons of the institution.

IN the Lake Union Herald appears a report from the Wabash Valley Sanitarium, of La Fayette, Ind. It says the institution is full to overflowing, having the best patronage it has ever had at this time of year. The training-school of the institution is to be cut down or discontinued as soon as possible. Dr. W. M. Byers has connected with the sanitarium as assistant physician. Brother H. E. Sanders retires from the business management, his work being cared for in connection with other departments, in order to save expense. Elder W. A. Young is now chaplain of the institution.

IN a late number of the Central Union Outlook, we note a report of a meeting of the board of trustees of the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium, in which several important items appear. Brother Charles E. Rice retires from the business management of the institution, planning to operate a food store at Colorado Springs. The work he has carried will be divided among other responsible workers. A finance committee, composed of the superintendent, treasurer, and chaplain, was chosen, to have close and constant supervision over the work of the various departments of the institution, with a responsible person in charge of each department. An encouraging patronage is reported, particularly of surgical patients, an unusual degree of success in this class of work being especially mentioned. Plans were laid to make the institution more widely known to the public, with the purpose of building up a more constant patronage. The board decided upon some needed improvements, among them being a new elevator; a ward in the surgical building with provisions for lessening the cost of the care of patients who are not able to pay the regular rates; water from the mountain spring to be brought to the grounds adjoining the building, and a drinking-fountain to be installed, with shade and seats for guests. L. A. H.