PERRYSBURG—A MECCA FOR HELIOTHERAPY

Abstract

THE J. N. ADAM Memorial Hospital at Perrysburg, N. Y., has the distinction of being the first municipal hospital in the United States to introduce the Rollier method of heliotherapy. Here hundreds of cases come for treatment every year until Perrysburg has come to be to the United States what Leysin is to Europe. This hospital-where the city of Buffalo cares for its cases of incipient pulmonary and all forms of surgical tuberculosis-is delightfully situated among the Cattaraugus hills about 1,600 feet above sea level. Patients basking in the sun on the pavilion porches have a panoramic view of nearly fifty miles of hills an(l farmlands. On a clear day the foundry towers and church spires of Buffalo and the Canadian shore creep into the vista. The purity of air-free from manufacturing dust and smokeunobstructed sunshine, complete rest and nourishing food give the men, women and children who come to Perrysburg an extended lease on life.