Dr. John C. Fisher, a native of Warsaw, was the founder. From 1884 to 1890, he was professor in the Protestant Medical College in Beirut, Syria. On his way home, he investigated various sanitariums in Europe where salt baths were being given. He came home with the idea of starting a sanitarium in Warsaw where such baths would be furnished as there were none in the country. The old home farm, which had come into the possession of his stepmother after his father, Samuel Fisher, second, died was conveniently located about a half a mile from the Hawley Salt Works from which an abundance of salt brine could be piped by gravity to the sanitarium.
By January 1891, the first salt bath sanitarium in the United States and
Canada was completed and opened April 1st of that year. It could
accommodate 100 guests. Gas was made on the ground for lighting.
Besides salt baths, there were Turkish, Russian, electric thermal and cabinet
baths. There were also facilities for treating various other diseases
than those benefited by bathing. It was a good place to come simply
to rest and relax. Every little while well known performers came
for the entertainment of patients. The general public was usually
invited too. The building had hot water heat, a hydraulic elevator,
electricity, a telephone and a good gymnasium. It was a prosperous
institution for some years. On February 1, 1897, it caught fire and
burned to the ground though much of the contents were removed. The
insurance on the bulding was sufficient to reimburse the people who had
invested money in it.
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