Battle Creek Sanitarium e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This little brochure is presented to the medical public in response to the request of many physicians for a concise epitome of the organized curative methods which in recent years have come to be collectively known as the Battle Creek Sanitarium System.<br><br>After consideration it has seemed proper to comply with this request especially because of the surprise and interest manifested by hundreds of physicians who have visited the institution as guests and patients, - surprise because what they found was so different from what they had expected to find, and interest because of the number and variety of practical applications of the latest resources of scientific medicine here systematically employed.<br><br>An earnest effort has been made to present a picture of the work carried on at the Battle Creek Sanitarium as nearly as possible as it is daily seen in actual operation.<br><br>The existence throughout the country of institutions which have adopted the name Sanitarium, although really nothing more than medical boarding-houses, has given to the medical profession as well as to the laity many wrong impressions concerning the character of a thoroughly scientific and up-to-date sanitarium. It seems but just that the profession, at least, should know that there is a difference, that the name Sanitarium, originating here, has been widely exploited and in numberless instances most unworthily represented, and that there is a wide contrast between a scientific sanitarium and the growing multitude of institutions which imitate the name without duplicating the thing itself.<br><br>The generosity of the original founders of this institution in devoting all earnings to its equipment, operation, and betterment, and the altruistic spirit which has always dominated its board of managers, have rendered possible the building up of a scientific medical enterprise devoted forever to the public welfare in which