Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1904 — TO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES [ARTICLE]

TO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES

IMaii of Philadelphia Physicians as ■ Cure for Consumption. A new idea for the treatment of tuberculosis lias been adopted in Philadelpliia where patients suffering from the disease are to live in glass houses. The institution will be known ns the Philadelphia hospital, which' comprises six pavilions, each to accommodate 18 patients. There is no more metal a)>out the pavilions than is actually required for frame work, and surrounding each pavilion is a six-foot porch enclosed with glass. The inside gluss is ribbed sufficiently to make it opaque anil is set in frames reaching 70 feet above the floor unit arranged to opyn automatically like doors. The glass of the porches is clear nud transparent. The buildings may he occupied during l>oth summer nnd winter. The heating apparatus in the basement includes a blower which -forces the warm air through metal conduits into the apartment where the pntieul is receiving treatmeirt. The Hoor iu enclt pavilion is of cement nnd in the rear of each is a glnzi-d brick structure, containing the kitchen, hath nnd toilet rooms. The cost of constructing the glass houses was $114,000.