Washington Sanitarium by D. H. Kress

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 26, 1907

Washington Sanitarium

By D. H. Kress

Since the opening of our institution at Takoma Park, we have had some critical cases. A government auditor desired to bring his wife. We hesitated before advising him to do so. She was brought to us in an ambulance, and on her arrival was carefully examined. We offered the husband very little hope of her living more than a few days; but by careful attention and suitable treatments combined with constant prayer, she made a marvelous recovery. The following letter, which was received from her husband a few days ago, shows that they fully appreciate their stay with us:—

“I wish again to thank you and all your nurses and attendants who were so kind and attentive to my wife while she was at the Sanitarium, each one seeming to take a personal interest in her case and assisting in accomplishing such a wonderful improvement in her health. There is no doubt in our minds that you really saved her life. I am happy to state that she has continued to improve since she came home. She is taking good care of herself, is continuing the treatments and diet, and we feel encouraged in believing that she will be herself again.

“I also wish to thank you for your fair treatment of myself, keeping the expenses of nursing, etc., at a reasonable figure. We have often said that finer people we never met.

“Again thanking you all, I remain, “Yours, etc.”

Another government official, whose wife was also in a serious condition and made a most excellent recovery, writes as follows:—

“I wish to express to you my grateful appreciation of what you have done for my wife, and especially of the care and attention she received during her visit to the Sanitarium. From what she tells me, I have learned that you did more for her than I paid for, and that she was the recipient of your very special care and attention. I am glad that she had the sense, or intuition, or whatever it may have been, to place herself under your care, and I feel that she received more skilful treatment than she would have had in any hospital. For myself, I did not realize the gravity of the case, but regarded it as an acute bilious attack.

“Will you not kindly express our thanks to the nurses and ladies who assisted in caring for her?

“Very sincerely yours.”

A letter written by one of our gentleman patients to a friend happened to fall into my hands, a portion of which I will give:—

“To tell you the truth, this is the best religion I’ve ever seen. There is no difference between man, maid, or servant, rich or poor. I have watched them, and I find them consistent in every way. There is no hypocrisy, no angry words of any kind, on the whole forty-one acres of their land. It is peace and quietness all the time. I have a good appetite, and sleep fine.”

We are grateful to God for the success that has crowned the efforts of our sanitarium workers thus far, and sincerely hope that the atmosphere that surrounded the great Medical Missionary may ever be found in this institution, and that the same healing virtue may also be constantly among us. We ask the prayers of our people that it may be so.

D. H. KRESS, M. D.