THE OPEN-AIR SANATORIUM CHART.

Microbial air quality at Szczawnica sanatorium, Poland.

Nowadays, sanatorium treatment is undergoing a renaissance; however, data on air quality in such premises are scarce. The aim of this study was to characterize microbial air quality at the Szczawnica sanatorium in Southern Poland. The bioaerosol measurements were carried out using a 6-stage Andersen impactor over a period of one year in 3 naturally ventilated sanatorium premises (where differen...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Sanatorium Treatment

aspects of tuberculosis is the outcome of ten years' observation and work by the author in open-air sanatoria. It gives the matured convictions of one whose life has been given up to this kind of study. His experience has been large, and he is more than ever convinced that the sanatorium movement has not only revolutionised the treatment of consumption, but has shown to the world a way for the ...

An Open-Air School

At first children sent here for treatment were mainly from the poorest homes. This is no longer so. The boys and girls, selected as the result of medical inspection from all the schools in Bradford?including secondary schools?are representative of every artisan class. No child is admitted here with any sort of infectious disease. Most suffer from ansemia and the ills that follow in its train. E...

Open-Air Schools

Open-Air Schools. By Leonard P. Ayres, Ph.D. New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1910. As a matter of fact we do not need Dr. Ayres' convincing representation of the splendid work done by open-air schools or the delightful photographs scattered through the volume to arouse our enthusiasm. The very name is sufficient. Open-air Schools! Let him who has never held his aching head in a stuffy sc...

The Open-Air Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis