The principles of open-air treatment of phthisis and of sanatorium construction / by Arthur Ransome.

  • Ransome, Arthur, 1834-1922.
Date:
1903
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    PREFACE The influence of an abundance of fresh pure air in the cure of phthisis has now been recognised for many years, and instances of its successful employment have been frequently recorded. Before the introduction into this country of sanatoria for the so-called ' open-air treatment' I had noted many cases of the cure of the disease under its influence. Some of these cases are noticed in the work on ' Prognosis in Lung Disease,'^ and again in ' The Treatment of Phthisis.' ^ A complete demonstration of the curative power of this agent was not, however, given until Brehmer and Dettweiler systematised its employment, and combined with it the practice of full feeding, rest and exercise, water treatment, and the like. The treatment had already been practised in most of its details, in the year 1840, by George Boddington, of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, but we undoubtedly owe our thanks also to the men who ' Macmillan & Co. 1882, pp. 81 and 83. * Smith, Elder, & Co. 1896, pp. 212 to 227.