THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 7

THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN

\ A MEMORIAL TO DR. TRUDEAU. ' Thjrtyseven years ago Edward Living--1 ston Trndeau was stricken with consump- ! tion. His physicians held aut no hope to 1 iiini. By nature a man of the, woods and ' a huntsman, he turned instinctively to the ' mountains for peace and quiet-until the inevitable end should come. He bade bis " littlo family farewell, thinking never to 5 soe them again, and made Ids painful way 5 high up into the Adirondack Mountains. ■ There, as the world long has known, I Edward Trndeau found, not death, but ' renewed life and fame and such love of > bis fellow-men as is given to few of v.s. At Saranac Lake, the little village in • the Adirondack Mountains of the State | of New York, where be settled, young ' Trndeau discovered what air and sun- > shine and rest will do toward curing a ' tuberculous patient. His discovery revo- ' lutionised the medical world and made possible the saving of thousands of peri eons stricken with the drea<! disease. : Then followed years when he was mock- ' ed by the medical profession and sneered • at by the bigoted. Years of struggle they 1 were, that took sublime courage to keep ■ the spirit from swooning. Tnideau • fought on, always hopeful, always cheerI' ful, and optimistic. After bitter years of hardship and disappointment Trudeau's Cottage Sana--1 toriuni was established. His genius was ■ recognised. Saranac 'Lake, the home of ■ ono of America's greatest humanitarians, has since become known the world over, writes the New York "Outlook." In.this village five thousand tuberculous patients ; are housed to-day. Daily arrested cases of disease or complete cures are sent back ■ to their folk at home, again to resume ; work in the world. ■ • Since the establishment of the Trndeau ; Sanatorium 3000 men and women have been restored to health and .their place in the world. Hundreds more, living in the village, are healed and taught that life is worth the living. Three years ago Edward Livingston Triuleau died. A bronze figure of the "Beloved. Physician" has just been unveiled. The memorial was erected on tho grounds of the sanatorium, facing a glorious view of mountain and forests.