THE NASSAU POST: FREEPORT, N:Y, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1914
EXPERTS FAVOR COUNTYHOSPITAbS
Declare Altitude Not Needed For Treatment of Tuberculosis,
CLIMATE UNIMPORTANT.
Trudeau, Biggs, Flexnsri and Other
Eminent Authorities 8«y That
Institutions Should Be Near
Patients' Homes.
When the voters of this county decide the questJon, "Shall we establish a tuberculosis hospi¬ tal?" they will have full author¬ ity from the most eminent ex- I)ert8 for a vote of YES.
All voters, not merely taxpay¬ ers, are to vote on this question.
The proposition "will be submit¬ ted on a amnil ballot, separate from the bnilot on which appear the candidates for various of¬ fices.
The mnny BUi)poTter8 of the proposi¬ tion to erect a county tuberculosis hos¬ pital, which will be voted on by all the voters of the county at the November election, find themselves upheld in their belief that the institution will do all that is claimed for it by no less au¬ thority than Dr. EMward L. Trudeau the distinguished founder of the first tuberculosis sanitarium In this coun¬ try.
Although Dr. Trudeau has devoted his life to the famous Adirondack Cot¬ tage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake, in the North woods, and although he is Btill identified with its work, his name and the mountain treatment ef tuber¬ culosis being almost synonymous, the eminent authority declares that local hospitals are necessary.
"Tuberculosis hospitals should be near the center of population," he says. "Dangerous cases will not and far ad. vanced cases cannot ko far from home." This effectively disi)oscs of the argu¬ ment occasionally heard that this county is not the iilace for a tubercu¬ losis hospl tii I.
Other Authorities. Otlier omii'pnt authorities support Dr. Trudeau In this position. Ainoiii; them Is Dr. Ilerniati M. BluKS, state commissioner of health, who says: "The most Important function of tubercu¬ losis hospitals Is to furnish Institutions where advanced or moderately ad¬ vanced consumptives can be renderetl no longer dangerous to communities. Accessibility Is therefore the flrst con¬ sideration." * Dr. Simon Floxner, director of the Kockefeller Institute For Medical Re¬ search, also scouts the idea that cli¬ mate has an important bearing on the treatment of consumi)tl<>n. "1 hope to see many special hospitals through¬ out New York state to care for tuber¬ culosis patients near their homes." he Bays. "It Is both practicable and ad¬ visable to have such hospitals." Hospital at Sea Level. Most convincing testimony of the same nature Is found In the niagulflcont ?4,00<),{H»0 hospital located oa Staten Island and establlshiHl by the city of New York. It Is Iniportant to note that Now York city estaliiished the Sea Hreeze h«spltnl, overlooking New York harUtr, after treating tulnTculosIs sue- ce.ssfully nt Otlsvllle, iu the foothills of the Cat.skllls. The city Is not discon¬ tinuing Otlsvllle, but It found gren^ need for an Institution locate<l near the homes of patients wliere the less hopeful cases could fiiid treatment.
Dr. Vincent Y. Bowdltch of Boston, former president of the National Tu¬ berculosis association, says: "Our best hospital for consumptives Is within Boston limits at Mattapan. The I.ake- ville and North Heading hospitals are nil at low altitude."
Two Saranac Physicians. The same thought Is expressed by two physicians of Saranac Lake who nre closely Identified with the work of Trudeau, Dr. E. It. Baldwin, director of the llarrlman Research laboratory, nnd Dr. I-Jiwrasou Brown, former su-' lierlntendeut of the Adirondack Cot¬ tage Sanitarium, who say that climatic conditions are of far less ^importance than proximity to the center of popu- tlon in the county. They strongly urge that county hospitals be built near the counties" largest communities and with¬ in the flve cent car fare tone If there {b trolley communication,
Monroe County's Expsrience. Dr. Montgomery B. Leary, president of tbe State Sanitary OfBcers' associa¬ tion and superintendent of lola sani¬ tarium, Monroe county's tuberculosis hospital, can speak from a fund of ex¬ perience in a highly successful county tuberculosis institution. "The vrisdom of haTlng tbe hospital accessible to centers of population has been demon- Btrated by the growth of lola, Monroe county's tut>erculo6iB hospital, adja¬ cent to the city line of Rochester," Bays Dr. Leary. "In two and,a half years it grew from ten patleuts'to 127, with a constantly Increasing waiting list and tbe hearty support of the local physicians."
The friends ot the connty ho«pttal In this county fi^l tbat the testimony of soch eminent authorities warrants a vote oi! "Tm" tm the hospital question.
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This Nation could better afford to part with its Army, lis Navy, its Military Science, than to have an abatement of one per cent from the regard which people entertain for their home town, their respect for their local laws—their quick submission to order, and their love ot bome.
In losing our military power, we would lose some visible condi¬ tions that represent strength—conditions that could be replenished by taxation, better than losing a small percent, of local pride, local re¬ spect, local reverence tot the home town. We would part with forces inherited from passed ages, in strength more subtle, more necessary, more important than guns or ammunition.
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WILL YOU VOTE YES OR NO
TO SAVE LIVES ?
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395 persons Died from Tuberculosis in Nassau County During tlie
Last Four Years
YES [X] SHALL THE COUNTY OF NASSAU APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF $100,000 NO FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL ?
iVe:s ivie:a.n[s
1. That you want to save the lives of the hundreds who are sick and dying from tuberculosis in this county.
2. That you want workers saved to industry— wage earners saved to their families—mothers saved to their children.
3. That you want to give the well, especially the children, the best possible protection against consumpticHi by caring for the sick in a place where they \vill stay and where they can not spread infection.
4. That you want this county to decrease the num¬ ber of orphans and lessen the amount of poverty by taking the same step that 26 other counties have already taken.
EVERY LEGAL VOTER, on Election Day, November 3rd, may declare his attitude toward stricken humzmity in Nassau County '
VOTE THE SEPARATE SMALL BALLOT! 1
NO IVIEANS
L That you are not willing to do what you can to prevent deaths from consumption.
2. That you are indifferent to the costly burden which consumption now places on this county in preventable deaths, sickness, child dependency and poverty.
3. That you vote for sickness, neglect and death, instead of health, scientific care and the saving of lives.
4. That you are willing to kst this county lag behind the 26 which have already decided this question of humanity in the affirmative.
Every one of the 395 dots on tfaii map ai Nassau Gmnty ¦> . ^
( represents a death from tuberculosis in the last four years.
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MARK YOUR SMALL HOSPITAL BALLOT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE BOOTH!
NASSAU COUNTY ASSOCIATION: BEEKMAN WINTHROP, President FRANK L. ^ROCKER, Secretary
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