The town of Colorado Springs, Colorado , played an important role in the history of tuberculosis in the era before antituberculosis drugs and vaccines . Tuberculosis management before this era was difficult and often of limited effect. In the 19th century, a movement for tuberculosis treatment in hospital -like facilities called sanatoriums became prominent, especially in Europe and North America. Thus people sought tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs because of its dry climate and fresh mountain air. Some people stayed in boarding houses , while others sought the hospital-like facilities of sanatoriums. In the 1880s and 1890s, it is estimated that one-third of the people living in Colorado Springs had tuberculosis. The number of sanatoriums and hospitals increased into the twentieth century. During World War II , medicines were developed that successfully treated tuberculosis and by the late 1940s specialized tuberculosis treatment facilities were no longer needed.
85-659: Several of the facilities evolved into hospitals or medical facilities: Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium evolved into Penrose Hospital . Beth-El Hospital, with the National Deaconess Sanitarium , evolved into Memorial Hospital. St. Francis Hospital was a hospital that had a sanatorium in its three building complex. Union Printers Home and the Modern Woodmen Tuberculosis Sanatorium , now Mount Saint Francis, are going concerns with skilled nursing care. Today, however,
170-478: A European tuberculosis treatment approach, including rest, open-air, and "disciplined gluttony". People ate twice as much as they would normally eat and might gain up to 50 pounds while in treatment. The Shoshone Spring, one of Manitou Mineral Springs , was taken for its laxative effects and the springs in general for their healing effects. The quality of care depended upon one's ability to pay. The poor might stay in open-air tents, some sanatoriums cost $ 7 per week, and
255-596: A bigger hospital, Sisters Notberga and Huberta went door-to-door throughout El Paso County asking for donations to build a larger hospital. In October 1887, the Sisters purchased the land and had a larger hospital built for $ 20,000 (equivalent to $ 678,222 in 2023) at Pikes Peak Avenue and Institute Street in early 1888. Patients from the Colorado Midland Railway clinic were transferred to the new St. Francis Hospital. It administered care to employees of
340-720: A daily intake of fresh air, exercise, and the importance of hygiene. Many of the theories of John Harvey Kellogg were later published in his book The Road to Wellness . C. W. Post also worked with Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Kellogg described the Sanitarium system as "a composite physiologic method comprising hydrotherapy , phototherapy , thermotherapy , electrotherapy , mechanotherapy , dietetics , physical culture , cold-air cure, and health training ." To assist with diagnostics and evaluation of therapeutic efficacy, various measures of physiological integrity were utilised to obtain numerous vital coefficients, "especially in relation to
425-637: A former slave, and his freeborn wife Elizabeth James Taylor, 71 and 75 years old respectively, donated 480 acres of rich farming land in Calhan for a sanatorium in 1910. They had worked the land for fourteen years and wished to have a tuberculosis sanatorium built for African Americans and other races. Their land, valued at about $ 4,800 (equivalent to $ 156,960 in 2023), was donated to the Charles Sumner National Tuberculosis Association. The Taylors were to live on
510-423: A highly fictionalized Dr. J.H. Kellogg in one of the leading roles. This movie ends with the fire of the sanitarium building complex. a.' A persual of the main body of the text reveals an impressive use of the available scientific methods of the day. However, the synopsis from the contents page is hard to beat for succinctness, hence the quotations. b.' A Nauheim (or 'effervescent') bath
595-906: A house in Broadmoor called Trianon were sold to the Poor Sisters of St. Francis ( Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration ) for $ 1 in 1952. The combined fortune that they received was worth $ 2,325,000 (equivalent to $ 26,378,810 in 2023). The Catholic order of nuns ran the St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs and others in Nebraska, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. In 1954, the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration moved from Denver to Colorado Springs and have operated educational facilities and programs, mentoring programs, and Mount Saint Francis skilled nursing facilities on what
680-543: A memorial to her husband, Albert Glockner, the 22-year-old widow Marie Gwynne Glockner opened the Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium in 1890. Her husband had died of tuberculosis at 31 years of age. Glockner family members supported the development of the sanatorium. Patients were charged $ 1 (equivalent to $ 34 in 2023) per day. The first superintendent was Dr. Boswell P. Anderson, who was a former Colorado Midland Railway physician. His assistant
765-490: A military presence. The Battle Creek Sanitarium at 230 North Cascade Avenue was a branch of the Michigan facility that had been at 320 N. Tejon in 1903 and at that time was managed by Frank W. Patterson and K. E. McMillen. Lillian Voorhees was the nurse. Cascade Villas was a short-lived home for the treatment of tuberculosis founded in 1874 by Dr. Thomas G. Horn. It was on Colorado Spring's North Cascade Avenue. Horn became
850-645: A nonprofit health system across Colorado, was formed by the Sisters of Charity Health Services Colorado and the Porter Care Adventist Health System. In 2023, Centura's two components disaffiliated and became two separate health networks again, one called CommonSpirit and one called AdventHealth. As of August 1, 2023, Penrose Hospital is in the CommonSpriit health network. Penrose Hospital (2222 N. Nevada Avenue) has an inpatient Hospice and Palliative Care department, developed as
935-459: A population of homeless, ill people, many were taken to jail. In 1878 in Colorado Springs, 25 or more of 73 who were buried at Mount Washington Cemetery had tuberculosis. Of the people that died in the city most of them had come to Colorado Springs so ill that it was not surprising that they died. Because of the number of people with TB flocking to Denver, by the 1880s it was nicknamed the "World's Sanitarium". On March 5, 1888, Dr. Frederick I. Knight,
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#17327913780821020-756: A specialist in lung diseases, spoke before the Boston Society of Medical Observation on the benefits of high altitude and the mountain climate of Colorado for patients with tuberculosis, including patients that experienced hemorrhaging. In the 1880s and 1890s more than a third of the city's residents came to Colorado Springs to improve their health. Houses on the Old North End had large sleeping porches for consumptive boarders. Large houses along North Nevada Avenue were turned into boarding houses for people with tuberculosis. Some stayed in tents and backyard cottages. The area became known as "lungers' row". Some of
1105-537: A specific type of black lung that came from inhaling the fumes of carbon-based ink used in the printing process. In 1886, Philadelphia philanthropists and business partners, George W. Childs and Anthony J Drexel , donated a total{{efn|Or, Childs and Drexel each donated $ 5,000 towards the construction of a Union Printers Home. of $ 10,000 (equivalent to $ 339,111 in 2023) to the Union “without condition or suggestion of any kind, as an absolute gift, in full confidence that
1190-1036: Is a 364-bed hospital located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and owned by Penrose-Saint Francis Health Services. The campus includes Penrose Hospital, the Penrose Cancer Center, the E Tower building, the Penrose Pavilion, and the John Zay House. The hospital is a Level II trauma center. Founded in 1890 as the Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium , it became the Penrose Tumor Institute (now the Penrose Cancer Center) in 1939. In 1959, it became Penrose Hospital. It provides medical and surgical services, and specializes in
1275-607: Is a four-story medical office building on the grounds of Penrose Hospital but is owned by Westfield Development Company. Occupants are the Colorado Springs Neurological Associates, the Penrose Hospital Woman's Diagnostic Center, and medical offices. The John Zay House (corner of Tejon and Madison) provides lodging for the families of Penrose Hospital patients who are critically ill, as well as patients receiving treatment at
1360-404: Is now a Ronald McDonald House . Miramont Castle was built between 1895 and 1897 by Father Francolon, based upon architectural design elements that he picked up in his travels and ideas from his father, a diplomat. He hired brothers Archie and Angus Gillis to design the building, and was involved in the detailed planning meetings. The green sandstone used in the construction of the castle's walls
1445-526: Is now a 110-acre property. Woodmen Road, a major east–west arterial starts near the original sanatorium and runs for 15 miles through the northern suburbs of Colorado Springs. It is named both for the sanatorium and the Modern Woodmen of America. Reverend William R. Stephens from the People's Methodist Episcopal Church of Colorado Springs was a trustee for a sanatorium in Calhan. James K. Polk Taylor,
1530-562: Is now a museum owned by the Manitou Springs Historical Society. The Eleanor Home, run by Eleanor Collier and about 30 women, administered care beginning in 1888 to patients with tuberculosis while the Bellevue Sanitarium was built. The Bellevue Sanitarium opened in 1890 on Institute Street near St. Francis Hospital with five tents. It was founded by a group of physicians and the house physician
1615-708: The Battle Creek Federal Center . Owned by the Seventh-day Adventists , the Battle Creek Sanitarium continued to operate as a psychiatric facility through the 1970s but closed its doors by the end of the decade. In 1986, the radial wings of the main building (the solarium, gymnasium and swimming pool) were razed, and the Sanitarium entered into the final chapter of its history, which formally ended in 1993. Medical records have since been microfiched and are now kept by
1700-548: The Carnegie Library in 1905. It was well-appointed, three-story building with modern heating and lighting and wide verandas for fresh-air. The building was originally built as a residence by a wealth contractor. Dr. Charles R. Knox was the superintendent of the facility at 126 North Cascade in 1907, one that's principles were in keeping with the Battle Creek Sanitarium . In 1909, the business manager
1785-604: The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and provided medical services to the greater public. Physicians and the Sisters treated a wide range of illness and injuries. The sisters carried on their duties at the hospital and performed fund-raising to support the hospital and programs to provide food for the hungry. Sister Mary Hermana Meschede was the superior from 1890 to 1893. St. Francis Hospital grew to have three connected buildings. One of
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#17327913780821870-542: The Western Health Reform Institute , which would later become the Battle Creek Sanitarium. On September 5, 1866, the Institute opened and began accepting patients, at first under Dr. Horatio S. Lay. In 1876, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg became the medical superintendent, and his brother, W. K. Kellogg , worked as the bookkeeper. As John H. Kellogg put it, they took the word " sanatorium ," which
1955-445: The disfellowshipping of Dr. Kellogg in 1907, the physician stated that he and his employees were "independents" who "did not belong to any church" and that the Sanitarium promoted his theory of "biologic living" based on Adventist principles. In 1928, a distinct 14-story addition to the main building, the "Towers," was constructed. The Great Depression forced the institution to constrict and sell assets to serve its debt. In 1942,
2040-566: The "premier wellness destinations" in the United States. After a devastating fire in 1902 the Sanitarium was not only rebuilt, but also enlarged. At its zenith, the sprawling health and wellness complex of more than 30 buildings situated on 30 acres accommodated near thirteen hundred guests. It housed a hospital with research facilities and a nursing school, as well as the Sanitarium Food Company, among others. Following
2125-457: The 'great gymnasium.' Kellogg, the facility's founder and owner, stated "that hydrotherapy has won a definite and permanent place in modern rational therapeutics can no longer be questioned, and the Battle Creek Sanitarium claims recognition as the pioneer in scientific hydrotherapy" in America. Kellogg's use of hydrotherapy was a more sophisticated development of the system that was utilized in
2210-726: The Beth-El complex, Sanatorium, its Nutrition Camp, and other buildings in 1943. The Beth-El Hospital became Memorial Hospital. The Sanatorium became the Ent Air Force Base , which was the Air Defense Command and later North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) headquarters. The property and site of the former sanatorium are now the United States Olympic Training Center . The Knob Hill Lodge Sanatorium at 319 North Logan
2295-431: The Colorado Springs area to cure their tuberculosis. The hut is located at the corner of Jackson Street and Cascade Avenue. The Idlewold, also spelled Idlewild, was located at 311 North Logan. It was established in 1912 and the superintendent was Lois Shardlow, RN. Her sister, also a nurse, assisted in the management of the home. The facility had 10 rooms, all with sleeping porches, and treated patients with tuberculosis. It
2380-567: The Penrose Cancer Center and their families. People that obtain treatment from the Penrose Cancer Center include people from other Colorado towns and Kansas. It is named for John Zay, who was the hospital chaplain for 14 years after surviving cancer. He died following an accident in 2004. Within Penrose Hospital some of the specialty departments are: Penrose Hospital has the Penrose Place cafeteria, Penrose Cafe and Bistro, and
2465-434: The Penrose Cancer Center. Spencer Penrose established the institute to treat people with cancer, like him, with the latest technology. The Penrose Cancer Center Pavilion was dedicated in 1941 by Spencer Penrose's widow, Julie Penrose. It became "one of the most famous hospitals in the United States" offering research, diagnosis and treatment, including radiation therapy, of cancer. A new nurses residence, Margery Reed building,
2550-529: The Penrose Pavilion Coffee Bar. Other amenities include an outpatient pharmacy, women's boutique, gift shop, and wireless internet access throughout the building. Penrose Hospital is a tobacco free campus. A new chapel was opened at Penrose Hospital, utilizing stained glass from the previous old Sacred Heart Chapel on hospital grounds. Services may be viewed live from patients rooms or via taped recordings. Webb Medical Library, on
2635-607: The Pines Sanatorium was founded in 1903. H. C. Goodson was the medical director of the 50-bed tuberculosis treatment facility. Sunnyrest Sanitarium Sunnyrest was a sanitarium for men, women, and children run by five Sisters of the Kaiserwerth Deaconesses. Sister Ida Tobschall was the superintendent and there were three nurses and a cook. It was opened in 1910 and had handled 77 patients in three years, many who came to them through Associated Charities. It
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2720-588: The Sanatorium and it had a dairy farm. Eighty employees were required to maintain the facility, but in 1947 there were only 18 patients and the sanatorium was sold. When the facility closed, 205 huts were sold and became tool sheds and toy houses. The property was purchased by Blevins Davis in July 1950. His wife, Marguerite Davis , a railroad heiress, died in 1948 and wished to have her fortune used for charitable purposes. The Modern Woodmen Sanatorium property and
2805-625: The buildings, the 29 building, was built in 1929 as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. It had private rooms with sun porches to provide fresh air and sunlight. A crematorium was located near the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind for the dead bodies of people who died of tuberculosis. The hospital complex was renamed St. Francis Health Center when it merged with Penrose Hospital in 1989. The hospital treated trauma patients until 1994 and mentally ill patients until 2010. The Star Ranch in
2890-654: The careful guidance of his physician, and has the advantages of medical care, dietetic regulation, etc," stated Kellogg in reference to the resort he owned and operated. Battle Creek utilized information as known at that time to provide nutritional requirements for health and well-being relative to each person's requirements. Food required careful prescriptive preparation, with care also taken to ensure appetiveness and palatability were recognized. The diet lists included "scores of special dishes and hundreds of special food preparations, each of which has been carefully studied in relation to its nutritive and therapeutic properties," with
2975-604: The complex was put under receivership in 1933. The sanitarium stayed in business until after the beginning of WWII. The U.S. Army, needing a hospital, paid $ 2,341,000 and moved in creating Percy Jones Army Hospital. The complex was later converted into a federal center and is currently named the Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center . The Battle Creek Sanitarium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The original listing included only
3060-474: The diet lists used "by the physicians in arranging the diet prescriptions of individual patients." Also, "all the so-called Sanitarium health foods" were "regularly found on the Sanitarium bill of fare, having been originally devised solely for this use." After the Wall Street Crash of 1929 , few previously well-to-do patients came to the sanitarium. Finances became very difficult for the "San" and
3145-766: The early 19th century by Vincent Priessnitz , which, when introduced to America, was essentially a "cold water cure," although "as a tonic, cold water has no superior." The Battle Creek system utilized both hot and cold water, and correlated the use of hydrotherapy with other therapeutic modalities. Among the methods used were douches, sitz baths, cold mitten frictions, salt glows, towel rubs, wet sheet rubs, wet and dry packings, compresses, "full baths of various sorts, including Nauheim baths, electro-hydric baths, shallow and neutral baths." Kellogg stated his belief that use of hot and cold applications would "profound reflex effects," including vasodilation and vasoconstriction. This department employed both solar and electric light, with
3230-714: The east side of the hospital. Complimentary valet service is available at the Main Hospital Entrance from 5:30 am to 8 pm Monday thru Friday and closed on major holidays. The first floor of the parking garage off of Jackson Street has several spaces allocated for Radiation Therapy patients. There are several spaces on the second floor for patients of Dr. Young in Medical Oncology. In 2001, HealthGrades gave Penrose-St. Francis Health Services its Excellence Awards in women's health, joint replacement, pulmonary care, and critical care. It also named it as one of
3315-522: The famous individuals who came to the area to treat their tuberculosis include novelist Helen Hunt Jackson , railroad executive James J. Hagerman , author Marshall Sprague , and noted potter Artus Van Briggle . Cynthia Stout, a history scholar, asserted that by 1900 "one-third of Colorado's population were residents of the state because of tuberculosis." In 1905, Dr. B.P. Anderson recommended open-air treatment in dry climates, like Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. The sanatoriums in Colorado Springs adopted
3400-648: The farm in a cottage built by the association. The advisory committee for the association included W. E. B. Du Bois . The free clinic for people with tuberculosis was opened in two offices of the Visiting Nurses Association in 1919. It was located at 302 South Wahsatch Avenue and was run by Dr. Mary Riggs Noble . It was open under the auspices of the recently formed local branch of the Colorado Public Health Association. Penrose Hospital Penrose Hospital
3485-520: The general population. "Battle Creek Sanitarium was world renowned and became the 'in' place for the rich and famous to seek their lost health, to listen to health lectures and to learn and practice the principles of a healthy lifestyle." At the sanitarium, Kellogg explored various treatments for his patients, including diet reform and frequent enemas . He encouraged a low-fat, low-protein vegetarian diet with an emphasis on whole grains, fiber-rich foods, and most importantly, nuts. Kellogg also recommended
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3570-524: The hospital in 1893. It had sanatoriums and hospitals in Pueblo, Colorado and Albuquerque, New Mexico . During the first two decades of the 20th century the sanitarium became the Glockner Sanatorium and Hospital, a general acute care hospital, and performed lung removal and the first bronchoscopy west of St. Louis . In 1939, it was selected as the site of the Penrose Tumor Institute, later
3655-622: The hospital's basement floor, is open to medical staff, patients and the public. It has videos, books, journals and computers. It has a "wellness" room with games, videos and novelties to inspire laughter, which is known to reduce stress hormones, like adrenaline, and increase endorphines which help people feel better. Joseph Michelli, a staff psychologist at Penrose Hospital's Division of Behavior Medicine, uses laughter therapy to help patients with severe depression or help manage fears of cancer patients. Penrose's surface parking and five-story garage provide space for 1,680 vehicles. Parking lots are on
3740-410: The integrity and efficiency of the blood, the heart, the lungs, the liver, the kidneys, stomach, intestines, brain, nerves and muscles." Hydrotherapy was widely utilized. Two three-story buildings, for men and women respectively, were devoted to hydrotherapy. Each building had a basement "devoted to rectal and bowel applications and classrooms." Both buildings were connected to the main building and
3825-478: The latter used chiefly during winter. Phototherapy held a prominent place at Battle Creek, where the first electric light bath was constructed. Regarding the application of electricity, Kellogg stated that "electricity is not capable of accomplishing half the marvels that are claimed for it by many enthusiastic electrotherapists." Nevertheless, he stated that it was valuable when used in conjunction with hydrotherapy, thermotherapy, and other methods. Physical exercise
3910-410: The luxury accommodations were $ 50 per week. Sanatoriums claimed that about 60% of their patients were cured from their treatment. But the treatment patients received made the illness regress, it did not cure tuberculosis. Charles H. Boissevain , a mathematically trained biochemist and professor of biology at Colorado College , was in 1924 appointed the first chief of research and laboratory director of
3995-541: The main building, a long six-story building in the Italian Renaissance Revival style , situated parallel to North Washington Avenue. The listing was expanded in 2012 to include the 1928 tower, other buildings built prior to 1953, and the site itself. Battle Creek Sanitarium is depicted in the American 1994 film The Road to Wellville by Alan Parker, with British actor Anthony Hopkins playing
4080-575: The members of the International Typographical Union (ITU). The ITU established the facility in 1892, and maintained the property until the union's merger with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in 1986. The idea of a facility that could care for the union's "aged and infirm" members - especially those with tuberculosis that spread in the cramped working conditions of printing shops and those with
4165-456: The nearby Fieldstone Center. Along with high numbers of patrons, there was a large number of staff at Battle Creek. Kellogg stated that "at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, the number of persons employed is never less than eight hundred, and often rises in the busiest season to more than one thousand." They comprised "physicians, nurses, helpers etc." There were 30 physicians on staff. The main buildings comprised four large buildings, chief of which
4250-573: The newly founded Colorado Foundation for Research in Tuberculosis, later renamed the Webb-Waring Institute. In 1940, four sanatoria remained: Cragmor, Glockner, National Methodist, St. Francis, Sunnyrest, and Modern Woodmen Sanatorium. During World War II, the drug Isoniazid (INH) began to be used to effectively treat tuberculosis. Then, sanatoriums began to close and the city shifted from a medical destination to one that developed
4335-412: The open air, and a range of outdoor activities were facilitated, from wood-chopping to basketball and other games, walking, trotting, and swimming lessons. Also available were skating, tobogganing, skiing, and other outdoor sports (p. 111). "Thus all the best advantages of the seashore, camping out, 'going fishing,' and other forms of recreation are secured, while the patient is protected from excess by
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#17327913780824420-526: The open-air facility accommodated 180 people. It was open-air throughout all seasons and patients might find themselves in snow. Its members received treatment free of charge. Between 1909 and 1947, the facility cared for 12,000 patients. It was the Pikes Peak region's largest sanatorium. The 1400-acre complex had a main building, administration building, auditorium, 24 homes, and a heating plant. Two reservoirs, fed by three mountain streams, supplied water for
4505-620: The president of the Colorado State Medical Society in 1877. There was a Colorado Springs Sanitarium and Hotel in the city in 1892. In 1903, the Colorado Springs Sanitarium and the Horn's Mineral Springs and Sanitarium were located at 1210 Lincoln Avenue and run by Dr. Thomas G. Horn. Colorado Springs Sanitarium was located downtown in a mansion one block from Acacia and Monument Valley Parks and
4590-592: The procedures received three-star ratings. Battle Creek Sanitarium Divisions The Battle Creek Sanitarium was a world-renowned health resort in Battle Creek, Michigan , United States. It started in 1866 on health principles advocated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and from 1876 to 1943 was managed by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg . The "San," as it was called, flourished under Dr. Kellogg's direction and became one of
4675-620: The property until 2014, when it was sold to Heart Living Centers, a Kansas-based private nursing care organization, which was open to the general public and offered long-term skilled nursing and assisted living for seniors and disabled veterans, as well as hospice care. The Union Printers Home was closed as a care facility in February 2020. It was purchased in June 2021 by a group of local, civic-minded Colorado Springs families to be reimagined into something new. The Modern Woodmen of America Sanatorium
4760-488: The result of a partnership between the Penrose-St. Francis Health Services and Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care (PPHPC). The hospital has a helipad (helicopter landing pad). The hospital's five-story E Tower building contains a reception area, its critical care and cardiovascular units, administrative and medical offices, gift shop, pharmacy and an employee gym. The Penrose Pavilion (2312 N. Nevada Avenue)
4845-723: The sagacious and conservative counselors of your union will make or order wise use of it for the good of the union.” This donation began the Childs-Drexel Fund, which eventually became the initial money that led to the establishment of the Childs-Drexel Home for Union Printers (later renamed the Union Printers Home). The City of Colorado Springs deeded 80 acres to the ITU to build the home, which cost $ 71,144 (equivalent to $ 2,412,572 in 2023) to build. It
4930-573: The signature main building was purchased by the U.S. Army and converted into the Percy Jones Army Hospital , and the sanatorium moved to the former Phelps Sanitarium building. The hospital was disbanded in the 1950s and the facility was managed by the General Services Administration . In 2003, it was re-dedicated as the Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center . In 1957, the floundering wellness institution
5015-491: The structure's usages are different. Miramont Castle , which was the site of the Montcalm Sanitarium , is now a museum. National Methodist Sanatorium evolved into a building for the Ent Air Force Base and its site is now part of the United States Olympic Training Center . People also came to Colorado for the restorative benefits of its "clean air and sunshine." Starting in the 1860s, when tuberculosis (TB)
5100-437: The sun and open air was fundamentally important for health, including stimulation of the skin. Battle Creek had a large outdoor gymnasium. Again, the use of temperature differentials facilitated by water was a component, with exercise followed by a plunge into a fresh water swimming pool "just cool enough to be refreshing and invigorating," according to Kellogg's description of his own facility. Patients were encouraged to sleep in
5185-521: The top 50 U.S. hospitals - the only hospital in Colorado to receive the distinction. In 2010, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services received 10 five-star ratings in HealthGrades "Hospital Quality in America" report. The five-star ratings included 3 for orthopedic care and 2 for pulmonary care. Due to complication rates, gall bladder removal and bariatric surgery received one-star rating. The rest of
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#17327913780825270-449: The treatment of cardiac conditions and cancer. It offers emergency trauma care as well as physical rehabilitation. In 1890, the hospital was founded as Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium , by Marie Gynne Glockner after the death of her husband, Albert Glockner, from tuberculosis . The first superintendent of the hospital was Dr. B.P. Anderson, who founded St. Francis Hospital. The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio assumed ownership of
5355-464: Was Dr. Charles Fox Gardiner and the matron and head nurse was Sarah Callahan, RN. It was located at 2200 N. Tejon in the North End addition. In 1893, Marie Gwynne Glockner gave the sanatorium to the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, who were brought in for their care-giving and professional skills. In 1903, the manager was Sister Xavier Magevney. The Glockner Sanatorium and Training School for Nurses
5440-783: Was Dr. S. Edwin Solly. The matron was Mary E. Dean, RN. In 1900, it became the National Deaconess Sanitarium, sponsored by the Methodist Church. It evolved into the Beth-El Hospital in 1911 and ultimately Memorial Hospital in 1943. The National Methodist Sanatorium was a 1926 building on a 29-acre (12 ha) tract east of the "Nurse's Home" of the Beth-El General Hospital's medical complex. The City of Colorado Springs bought
5525-560: Was W. F. Patterson. It operated in 1912, but by 1916 was the site of the Hallett and Baker Undertaking Company. The Cragmor Sanatorium was founded by leading tuberculosis specialist Dr. Edwin S. Solly in 1906. It was built in the Austin Bluffs , or Cragmor area. General William Jackson Palmer donated funds toward the construction of the facility for 25 patients. It treated tuberculosis and related diseases. He died shortly after it
5610-467: Was a facility of the Modern Woodmen of America north of the city for the treatment of tuberculosis that operated from 1909 to 1947. The Sanatorium had 80 patients in 1909, but the organization estimated that 10,000 of its 1 million members had tuberculosis. According to Head Consul A. R. Talbot, it intended to expand the facility within 10 years to meet the needs of all of its members. At its peak,
5695-399: Was a home-like setting with a living room with a fireplace, dining room, and two outdoor porches for men and women. Patients that could contribute paid $ 8 per week for their care. Most of the money came from donations from the community. It was located at 926 E Boulder, and near the Beth-El Hospital. Sunnyrest had 45 beds in 1921. The Union Printers Home was a facility for rest and respite for
5780-520: Was a sanatorium operated by the proprietor and manager, the registered nurse Florence E Standish. Founded in 1912, it treated tuberculosis and had 35 beds. The Nordrach Ranch Sanitarium was Colorado's first open-air sanatorium in which patients stayed in tents on the grounds of the facility. It operated from 1901 to 1903. Nordrach was founded by Dr. Charles Fox Gardiner. It was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of city limits at Austin Bluffs. Dr. E. J. White
5865-426: Was a worldwide problem, physicians in the eastern United States recommended that their patients go to Colorado to regain their health. As a result, the number of people with tuberculosis, called "lungers", in the state grew substantially and without the services or facilities to support their needs. Tuberculosis was called consumption "because its symptoms consumed those who had it." In Denver, not knowing how to manage
5950-443: Was an important part of the Battle Creek system, facilitating not just the improvement of muscle tone, but also of posture, respiration, and of circulation and the facilitation of anabolic and catabolic functions enabled by circulatory processes. Exercise included such components as postural, calisthetics, gymnastics, swimming, and passive methods such as mechanotherapy, vibrotherapy, mechanical massage. Kellogg stated that exposure to
6035-429: Was built and in 1910 a group of local residents bought the sanatorium. Alexius L. Forster as the Physician-in-Charge and Mary L Whitney RN was the Superintendent in 1916. Dr. Frank M. Houck, a House Manager at Cragmor, came to Colorado Springs in 1915 to treat his tuberculosis after receiving his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He built a 3.5 miles (5.6 km) trail from Cragmor through Austin Bluffs that
6120-551: Was called the "Happy Walk". Cragmor was a place where millionaires, musicians, artists, dancers, and poets came to get well and was known for its luxury, easy rules, parties, and sexual affairs among patients. In 1936, the $ 500,000 facility was reorganized as a non-profit organization for treatment and research of tuberculosis. The Cragmor Sanatorium complex became the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) campus and two of its former buildings are Cragmor and Main halls. As
6205-412: Was changed to Penrose Hospital. From 1947 to 1987 the hospital saw the addition of intensive care, outpatient care, emergency trauma and surgical facilities. There was also an addition of a new cancer center. The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati , Ohio and St. Francis of Colorado Springs organizations were consolidated and in 1990 became the Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. In 1995, Centura Health ,
6290-414: Was constructed from donations by Mrs. Verner Z. Reed , in memory of her daughter Margery Reed Mayo. It is now a medical office building. The name of the hospital was changed to Glockner-Penrose Hospital in 1947, at the suggestion of Marie Gynne Glockner. Julie Penrose donated $ 3.2 million for the construction of an addition to the hospital for more hospital beds. It was dedicated in 1959 and the hospital name
6375-505: Was dedicated on May 12, 1892. Over the next few decades, the Home grew to approximately 300 acres, with numerous buildings for resident care, one of the largest dairy farms in the state, and various other agricultural ventures. With the decline of the printing trade in the 1960s and '70s, the ITU began to sell off portions of the property in order to stay afloat. In 1986, they merged with the Communications Workers of America . The CWA operated
6460-507: Was defined back then as a health resort for invalid soldiers. In his words, "A change of two letters transformed 'sanatorium' to 'sanitarium,' and a new word was added to the English language." Kellogg stated the number of patients grew from 106 in 1866 to 7,006 patrons in 1906. In 1878, a new wooden structure known as the "Old Main" was built on the site, going through major redevelopments in 1884 and 1891. The Old Main burned down in 1902 and
6545-509: Was operated by Sister Rose Alexius, the superioress, in 1916. It had 200 beds by 1921 and was the Glockner Sanatorium and Hospital in 1940. Glockner evolved over the years into Penrose Hospital . Penrose Hospital won an Excellence in Historic Preservation Stewardship award in 2014 for the fully restored tuberculosis hut , or tent cottage, and its early 20th century furnishings that was used by people who came to
6630-444: Was president, W. B. Price was vice-president, and M. E. Harper was secretary. Red Crags Manor was built by Dr. William Bell, a founding father of Manitou Springs. It was made into a sanatorium. It was located one mile east of Manitou Springs. In 1916, the sanatorium was owned and operated by Mrs. Lilia P. Sawin, a nurse. The building is now a bed and breakfast. The Colorado Midland Railway clinic or St. Francis Hospital, built in 1887,
6715-455: Was quarried nearby. It had electricity and indoor plumbing. Father Francolon invited the Sisters of Mercy to use his home for a tuberculosis treatment facility. Their first patient arrived in August 1895 and the next year they built the sanitarium. The offered good food, clean lodging, and care to patients who were not very seriously ill and by 1896 taught music lessons. From 1900 to 1904, Miramont
6800-543: Was rebuilt in stone, 5-story high and enlarged. In 1928, Battle Creek Sanitarium expanded with a 14-story high-rise with 265 guest rooms, called the "Towers," facing Champion Street. The institution went into receivership in 1933, and the Sanitarium started to vacate its main facility. In 1942, the U. S. Army purchased the main building and established the Percy Jones General Hospital; the hospital closed permanently in 1953 and one year later became
6885-747: Was taken over by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which operated it under a different name until 1993, when it was sold. In May 1866, Ellen G. White presented the idea to create a health institution based on the newly developing health philosophy of the Seventh Day Adventist Church at the fourth session of the Church's General Conference in Battle Creek. The leaders of the church, including Ellen's husband James S. White agreed, and construction began on
6970-451: Was the administrator of the hospital from 1887 to 1890, when she went to Denver to build the St. Anthony Hospital, which opened in 1893. They treated patients at the first small building, which was a clinic for the Colorado Midland Railway, and shortly after their arrival received an influx of patients due to a train accident that injured 60 people and killed several people. Realizing the need for
7055-432: Was the central structure, "which affords rooming accommodations for about 400 guests...(and)...treatment rooms capable of handling more than 1,000 patients." The sanitarium became a destination for both prominent and middle-class American citizens. Celebrated American figures who visited the sanitarium (including Mary Todd Lincoln and Sojourner Truth ) would influence and encourage enthusiasm for health and wellness among
7140-406: Was the city's first hospital. It was located at Pikes Peak Avenue and Prospect Street and among other health issues, it treated tuberculosis. Sisters from the St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration of Lafayette, Indiana , came to Colorado Springs to provide medical aid to the new city. The women were Sisters Mary Huberta Duennebacke, Mary Silveria, Mary Notberga, and Mary Kunigunda Neuhoff. Sister Huberta
7225-466: Was vacant. That sanitarium was burned down due to an electrical fire in 1907 and patients moved into the Miramont Castle building. It used about a dozen open-air TB huts until about 1923. One of the huts was donated to the museum in 1998 is located on the museum grounds. Between 1928 and 1946, the castle was used by the Sisters as a luxury boarding house, a retreat for clergy, and stood vacant. It
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