THE DALLES SANITORIUM of 1908 The Dalles directory of 1908 listed the advertisement of The Dalles Sanitarium located at the northwest corner of 10 & Union and it said, The new public hospital for The Dalles, modern throughout, with all the latest improvements and scientific apparatus for the care and treatment of the sick. The institution was organized and is owned and controlled by the following medical staff, under whose jurisdiction it is operated; however it is strictly a public institution. No money or care have been spared to make it the most complete of its kind in the northwest. It is equipped with a ventilating system which removes all impure air from the entire building. Hardwood floors, which are so deadened as to be impervious to sound. Bath rooms and toilets on every floor. It is heated by steam, lighted by electricity, equipped with electric call bells and speaking tubes. The surgery and sterilizing apparatus are as complete as money can make them. It has a laboratory for research and special electrical apparatus. Scientific diet to suit each and every individual and it is under the personal supervision of the medical staff, with a corps of trained nurses which is ample for the needs of the institution both day and night. For any further information address any of the medical staff -- H. Logan, J.M. Lowe; J. Alec Geisendoffer, H.C. Dodds (Dufur), J.L. Elwood (Tygh), O.E. Kennedy (Arlington), O.P. Lowe (Arlington), W. Gavey (Condon), J.F. Woods (Condon), A.F. Brockman (Bickleton), F.H. Collins (Goldendale), H.H. Hartley (Goldendale), T.C. Bervin (Stephenson), H.L. Dumble (Hood River), H.E. Beers and W. F. Morse (Wasco). Pioneers of 40 years ago will remember Dr. Geisendoffer the beloved family physician and surgeon of The Dalles who established this institution. Dr. Geisendoffer died of intestinal cancer about 1912 so the life of the institution was short but had he lived and continued in good health a Mayo Clinic of the west would have existed in The Dalles by this time and people from all over the country would have came to the medical center here.
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