British sanatoria for the open-air treatment of tuberculosis : with numerous illustrations ; [reprinted with additions and alterations from the "West London Medical Journal."].

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[1899]
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Credit: British sanatoria for the open-air treatment of tuberculosis : with numerous illustrations ; [reprinted with additions and alterations from the "West London Medical Journal."]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Phthisical patients in hotels and boarding houses, and even in some private houses, are at many disadvantages as regards treatment, surroundings, proper medical control, and super- vision. Much of the day is spent in sunless, ill-ventilated, over-crowded rooms, with little or no thought of hygienic principles ; thus it is well arranged sanatoria are imperative. Brinklea, by its unique position, standing in its own grounds, overlooking and in close proximity to the pine woods, is admirably adapted for the cure a Fair. We have here on our southern coast a locality possessing a dry soil, good sanitary arrangements, and an equable climate, which compares favour- ably with foreign health resorts. The house is well planned, having lofty and large airy bedrooms, accommodating about ten patients. It is well sheltered from N. and E., has a sunny aspect, good ventila- tion, and all the walls are distempered with Hall's washable colours. The general supervision and medical control are conducted by Dr. Kinsey-Morgan, whose knowledge and long experience of the open-air treatment of tuberculosis is in itself a guarantee, but patients are in no way precluded from select- ing their own physician. The terms are inclusive, from 3J to 7 guineas per week, and vary according to the bedroom occupied, the only extras being personal laundry and alcoholic drinks. For further particulars application should be made to 1, Stanhope Gardens, Bournemouth. COTSWOLD SANATORIUM. (Dr. Pruen and Mr. C. Braine Hartnell.) This Sanatorium, which takes in all forms of tuberculosis and not that of the lungs only, is situated on the Cotswold Hills, near Cheltenham, at an elevation of 800 feet. It has a southerly aspect, overlooking the Stroud Valley. From behind the grounds a view of the whole Severn Valley is obtained, stretching from the Shropshire Hills in the north to the Bristol Channel in the south-west. The entire range of the Malvern Hills is seen in the north-west, with the Welsh Hills beyond them. The soil is Oolitic Limestone, from 150 to 300 feet thick. The Sanatorium stands in its own private grounds, nearly 70 acres in extent, well wooded with fir and beech. The grounds stand in the centre of a tract of common land about 1,000 acres in extent, and similarly wooded. Protection