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Show I Battle Creek Sanitarium. UalUe Cmk1 What mi nit - that H nf conjure up racmorli nf i.ther H days even the pioneer day wl nihil H rednen of the northern lakt region Hj bent thr bow ami imratnl Ihelr titer OB with keal-hraided their flowing lM-k HI with feathers o( lb porcupine and H wlM eagle, that Ihrr might appear MM more wild. If possible Ihan before Mj And ai they palnlnl the cheeks and IS braided the hair, the npiaw-women MM sharpened the flint arrow beade and SI baped new bowl, thai their torts ' might do battle to tbe death with HI ether redmen j 'Ami here at Haiti Creek, war "H Ht la Michigan, a great battle one day Hj dlil oretir. and when It wa iiiit, and HT the nn kissed tbe range to the far Hj weal, the torn toma were miiltlnl and HJ the aqnaw-women wrapped their heads HJ In varl-eolored hlmueta and went, for HJ wth ths going down of tbe aun, many HE hravea pasecil to tho proverbial bappjr HJj hunting grounds Hjj Hut that waa many, man? hwmns H ago, aa tho Indiana measure time, ami BB a new era linn bine sinew dawned BB Trtii'. It la "Ilattle Creek" unlay. )nl BB ta It waa decade ago. but, liisteml of MB the cry of Hie savngt. la beard lbi Hjj hum o liitlnatrx. Ihr throb of Ufa. BBj iln greeting of men ami woman of mfa Ihe Anglo Haiou raie the sbowle of U happy boy and girls, who know of BBj llaltte Creek's f miner history only BBJ br tradition And here on the site HH nf tho faminia battle between tho red HH mm stands now on nf I he fairest Hfl fllle of the great Nortliweal, n rlty 1 sought (Hit HiiimiK IhiHiaamla, for In It HH dwell, inonlli after monlh, aa th H years eomn ami go. men and women HI who find within the charmed circle HH that whir n they have lung sought else- BBl where health BBl When "lie speaks of health, the HH mind naturally wing llaelt lo llattln . HHJ L'rerk, for up there lienlth la to bo HHJ found aa tit few other ln rim on earth. BBl Forty )oara ago there liegnn In Hat- I HHJ tlu Creek a latum In nature mote- ' HH men! Willi mrea ami ptlcluplea In j BBl many reaperta almllar lo those whlrh BBl led to I lie fanHMia "llriMik Kami Hper- j BBl Urn nt" twenty year before and tn'lie BBl flraliatwlle movement of that porhnl. BBl Tlila movement, while religious, i HHg avowedly nonsectailati. and wua In a BBl broad sense philanthropic, altruistic and rvformatory The Immediate re- iiiIU went Ike eatabllahmenl nf a ' miHithly JtHirnal now known aa (IihhI (leallh and ahorll) nllerwarda tho i BB eivrtlon of a health liinlltiitlim ealled BBB -Tlia lleallli llaform Inatltute." Tim BB tlilaf featurei of the Inalllute at ttita I BB early perlml were diet reform, ilreaa I BB reform anil the mo of water aa n cura- BB tlo BB In ISTfl tho proaent maniiRfiiiont i BB took charge of tho Intllliitlnn and with I BB the conunt and ciMiKratlun of tho BB Doard of Dln-clora (tho Institution I BH harlnit been lnmrMratel ten ycr BH eeforo). a lliurough reorganliatlon waa BH etTecled, llroadrr plana wvro Intro- BBJ duced, the mnlhoila of treatment were BBB placed upon n aulntanllal nnd Ihor- BH ouittily aclentlflc foundation ai I tho BH name waa changwl lo the llatlle Creek BBH 8anltarlum. Hlnro thla time tho BBH Krowtli of tin Inalltutlon h been con- BH atant and rapid. BH Krom year lo year arrommrhla BH tlona for patlenta nnd farlllllea for BH treatmrnU wero enUrgisI lo meet BH the Increaalnic patronage, until Keb- Hj ruary, Hint, when a great flro awept BBH away Hie two principal build- BH Inga of the wtabllnliment. The orco BH lion of n new building waa peedlty BBH biiRim, and I lie followliiK year, May SI, BBH 1M3, the prr-aent fireproof main biilKI- HVBj lug, creeled at n coat of mure than BBH IM0.O0O, wai deillcateil. The mat of HBVJ tho entire ettahllatiment. Including HBVJ equipment, twenty riormltorlea. cot- HHV tngea and othei liulldliiaa haa anumnt- H iil to morn than flIOO.000. HBBj Tho llatlle Creek Hnnltarliim n It HBVJ il mida to-day la recognlied the world BBj mcr na tho moit rompli'to nnd tlior- BH nuglily equlpHHl imlnbllilinu'tit of lla Hfl aort and tho l.eailrunrtera for phyalo- HB logic therapeutlca or natural methoila. BBH Connected with tho rkinllarlum If n Hfl Tralnlne Hcluxil for Nuraea, In which BBH from two to three hundred nuraea are BH ronatantly under training. BBH Theno prlnclplva and metboda have flJBB pcnclratd to the remotett parta of BH be cUlllted world, and acorea nf tnuti Bflfls and women who haro been trained In H theae methoda am ilovotlng their Uvea Hflfj lo medical inlaalonary work In heathen BHB BBH The Ilattle Creek Hnnltarliim may be Hfl regarded ai an epltomo of the "return- BBV to nature" Idea In practical operation BflJB tta aucceaa In the rentiirntlnn of alck BflE people to liualth bring to it annually B many thouannda of men nnd women, BflJH many of whom hae lien pronounceil bbbbbbw Inriirable. tint wtul. naverlbetnaa with Sure exceplluna return a few- inoutlia aler to their linme prepared to enter igaln upon the bailie of life. HHK t Ttiore are many aanltarlunia In the HJHl world, but few. If any, (bat are con- HB ducted on tho anme plane aa that at P Ilattle Creek. Thla haven of reat and HB' health la In nn aenae n moiiey-mnk- BflHJ Ing aoheme. and every rent that la BH mode from natlenta who are able to nBBk pay for their accommndatlona la uaeil ifljH to help thnee wbo have nothing but HSBT, broken health. All nter thla country. HnH and even beyond the aeaa, branch In- JlBH atltutloua nre iprlnglng upcreepera ffMBwaT f,om lne maluer P'nnt "' Ilattle MVttT iCreek. One iolnt In view la down on HH Btnte alreet, in the center of the me- flBK troimlli of the Middle Weat. Chloago, fBr 'where bundreda of the elty'a poor are Bflj caretl for aa tenderly na It In the par- IHflB Vot Inalltutlon nt Ilattle Creek. HH In a few brief paragraphi one can lell but Utile of the rwhI work of the H flattie Creek Sanitarium, but a poatat H card will bring uatnphleta that will B tell all alt exeept the knowledge ob- H talnijd by actual enperlenee. and that flj eiperionce muat be had at Ilattle He freek in be appmlaieil in ll fo" worth Thl inilliiiion ai llatlle t n k not bull! up li a ila II took eai-of eai-of loll to riaili ihi- perferied -tan and the work haa Inn learni lliein-ai work la ro eom- from rlalna g' nera tlona who an Imbibing Mean from the Battle freek liar and what II atenda for. Per Three OttJdet Kor more than three deradea tin preaenl Inalliuilnn han lieen th tenler of a wonderful educe llnnal. phllanthnipif and reform movement which baa finally eolmln ated In Minnm undreamed of a few yeare aio and In thla connection a brief hlalory In moat opportune In Kebroary ItKMI the two main building of the Hanltarlum were dealroyeil by nre Kor a abort time the daya were dark for thorn- who had worked ao hard to build It op Hut nlnmg hearta are not to lie awed by nilafiirliiiie. and a new building uprung from the naliea upon the old alte The de.lliaibm twik place May St and June I IWKI An elalMirali- pro gram waa tarried out nnd many men of national rtMitlhin made apeeebea and highly nimiillminn.l the manager. and Ihelr newnrkera nn their gnxl work Invltatlona wen- aenl lo all patlenta. rtch and poor, who had ever been nt the Sanitarium Many re apnnded In iierann and hundreda aenl lettera of regret One of the pret Ileal alghta In eon nerlkm with Iho whole event wa the pruceaaliHi of nuraea and matrona which formed on the college ground. niMialle the new Hanltarlum building, nnd mnrrhed through the niullenee to iciierveil aeata at Ihe right and left of Ihe apeakera' alnmt The matrona In Ihelr tiauiil cream white unlfortu. the nuraea In blue nnd while, nnd Ihe gentlemen nuraea rlad In new while-duck while-duck nulla prevented n alght which tmneil Ihe audience to one almullan-enin almullan-enin buret of npplauie Sinltary Idea. Aa liefore alateil there are many aanltarlilina In the world, but none put like that at Ilattle Creek. It lielng I lie drat or tne kind, ao far na known whero an attempt baa been inndo. and crowned wltb aurreaa. to bring to nether In one place nnd under nno management nil rational healing ngenrlea. glliig apeclal prominence lo IIhhw phyaloloittcnl or lint urn I henl Ing ngenta the aeleullflr knowleilge of whlrh hna been ihlelly developed within Ihe Inat century, eepeclally hyprolherepy, electrotbarapy, maa eage, oterclte, diet, itinllght, menial and moral Influence, net, and gen oral health culture. Of courao the tint thing- to bo tnken Into contlderatlon waa tho conatruc tlon nf Iho building to be nccuplod, for much (lcendiil upon that. Hut after It had been dlncuaeed pro and con plan entirely aallifnrlory waa adopted and the tructuri' today playa no amall part In the healing proccaa that goea on from day to day at initio Creek. A Return to Nature Movement. The phlloaophy of the llattlo Creek Sanitarium liny bo dcllned aa Iho re turn to nature Idea. The doctora teach tho u of iinlurnl fnode, natural lire, Ihe um of nalurnl agenta In the treatment treat-ment of illnenae. A great amount of nttentlon la given to dietetic. Kriilla, mita and nut preparnlloiu. rereul fooda nud WKlly dlgenllble vegetable ore the bail! for the dollclima mentia which nre dolly nerved In the great .Sanitarium dining room, nt which alt down hundred- of Intelligent men and women from all parta of the United Hlnte and een from fiiri'lgu conn-trie. conn-trie. Milk, egg and other dairy prod-ucta prod-ucta nre nlao freely tiel (Irent caro I tnken lo provide Iho very beat and cliolceal of everything edible, of which the pliyalrlana approve llurlng the jenr which hna Jmt tlnmxl n vait atnottnt of theiio thing wero rwiulreil In provide ror Iho nrtL of iMillenta who vlalleil the aanltnrlum, for nevernl Ihoitaand nufliTem houncd thero during tho twelve months of 1901. A to the eipenao for the pait )enr It wna eiinalderable nmountlng to u total of J17 1S9 9'J. divided a follow fol-low ii- Nut riMMiH, bo tom ift.7csso: cereal fooiU. 101.991 pound. W.lll 19; bread, GS.OIII iiund. IS.GS7 IS; canned KihhU. S.H99 CHe. 10SU6l&. fruit Juice, elo. made on the place. 11.430 gallon, IS MOM freah fruit. 5.7S3 buihel. IIO.IOSIA. vegetable. 5.137 IniBhel, H.6M10 nundry grwery Item. 41.BS4 pound $3,390 St; o. 35.301 iloteu. JH7SUB5. butler, made on the place, S9.9flt pound. IS95150. cream, 4I.7S qunrla, 1 10.333 70. milk, &7.S quart. !. H; eoal, S.714 ton. IlilooOOO, labor, S13,S53 C9: total. JJt7.199.9D The amount of charity dlapenaed luring the pal ten era at this aanltarlum amounted to St.8B.C10 To care for the patlenta an average of 788 men nnd women wore employed during each year, and an average nt 650 atlent are under treatment at thla sanitarium every day In the year We have given our reader only n brief glance at the worklnge of Hits unique eatabliehiuent. Another article would lie required to give aomethlnR of the detail of tho dally routine of a gueet nt the Sanitarium, and of ths methoda which have given to thla Institution In-stitution It world-wide reputation a n Mecca for sick folks. |