The consumptive working man : what can sanatoria do for him? . er ventilation besides that afforded bywindows and doors. There are no balconies attached tothese wards, so that patients who were treated in bed had toremain in the wards, their beds being drawn up to thewindows to allow of their getting as much air and sunshineas possible. Those who were sufficiently convalescent spenttheir day in a part of the infirmary grounds about half anacre in extent, in which one revolving shelter, large enoughto accommodate four patients, was reserved for the worst ofthe cases who were treated out-of-door
The consumptive working man : what can sanatoria do for him? . er ventilation besides that afforded bywindows and doors. There are no balconies attached tothese wards, so that patients who were treated in bed had toremain in the wards, their beds being drawn up to thewindows to allow of their getting as much air and sunshineas possible. Those who were sufficiently convalescent spenttheir day in a part of the infirmary grounds about half anacre in extent, in which one revolving shelter, large enoughto accommodate four patients, was reserved for the worst ofthe cases who were treated out-of-doors. The rest of thepatients simply lay out in the open, on deck-chairs, protectedfrom the wind by screens and well provided with rugs andwarm clothing during the winter. Routine, Administration, Etc.—The general principles of thesanatorium treatment are so well known that it is unnecessaryto say much about the routine adopted. The main essentialsof the treatment were thoroughly carried out, viz., a max-imum amount of open air, an adequate diet and regulated. SHEFFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY. 7 rest and exercise. In addition, the routine included dailybathing, massage for the cases treated in bed and the ad-ministration of drugs when indicated. The patients spenttheir whole day, from 7 until dusk, in the grounds, ex-cept in bad weather, when they remained all day in the wards,the windows of which, one need scarcely say, were alwayskept open. The supervision of the patients, especially thosein the grounds, was of course not so constant as in thepresent-day sanatorium, but with a staff of a sister and twonurses, little difficulty was experienced in seeing that thepatients for the most part carried out their daily instructions. Meals.—The patients had three chief meals a day, viz.,breakfast at , consisting of porridge, bacon and eggs orfish, and bread and butter, with half a pint of milk ; dinner of meat and two vegetables, milk pudding and fruit,with half a pint of mi
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