Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-25 | Page 3 | Sanitarium to Treat Diabetes Costs Million

Sanitarium to o Treat Trea Diab Diabetes tes I Costs Million B By JOHN E. E DEEGAN United Press Staff Correspondent CL CLEVELAND vELAND O O. United Press The The new new Cunningham sanitarium wh ch has as Its underlying underlying underlying un un- un- un theory Increased air all pr pressure pressure pres pres- s- s sure as a cure cine for diabetes has been formally opened here a s a place o of treatment for tor diab diabetes tes pernicious anemia and other diseases diseases diseases dis dis- dis- dis eases heretofore pronounced able I IThe The main compartment of the sanitarium Is a huge hug steel ball 64 feet in diameter and five stories high Its Iti is a completely equipped hospital Adjoining is a long tank which provides the I means of access to the main construction construction construction con con- and offers a preliminary test of air nil pressure to patients about to undergo the cure This revolutIonary idea in hospitals hospItals hospitals hos hos- was Introduced eight years ago by Dr Orville Orvill J J. Cunningham of K Kansas ns s City Mo 1 For Tor years Dr Cunningham had advocated the use of compressed air for the treatment of various diseases but It was not until he h had inte interested est d IL H. H. H H Tim Tim- kin millionaire st steel l man of Canton Canton Canton Can Can- ton 0 O. that h he was able to put his idea Into effect agreed to finance the institution after a friend had gone to Kansas City and had been treated for diabetes in a small tank Dr Cunningham had constructed constructed constructed con con- in his own back yard There are two other tanks be besides besides besides be- be sides the the- theone one used as the entrance enhance that flank the main compartment Patients will vill live In these tanks for a week at a time under an atmospheric at atmospheric atmospheric at- at pressure of from five to thirty pounds After living in the main sphere of one of the smaller tanks for a week the patient spends seven days at home or in a hotel before another week In the tanks This process is repeated until the doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor pronounces a cure The huge ball and the adjoining structures are furnished In the in interior interior interior in- in much after the manner of an up-to-date up ocean liner It has accommodations for 96 persons On the first floor 0 of th the main tank is the dining room Three other floors are given over overto overto overto to bedrooms and the fifth is a a. spacious spacious spa- spa cious clous recreation hall