. British sanatoria for the open-air treatment of tuberculosis : with numerous illustrations ; [reprinted with additions and alterations from the "West London Medical Journal."] . NORDRACIl-UrON-MENDII SANATORIUM. The treatment is frequently spoken of as the open-air cure, but it is more properly known in Germany as theSanatorium Treatment ; for its application does not only con-sist in placing a patient in the open air. It is equally im-portant to bring the sufferers from phthisis away from theexcitements and atmospheric impurities of town life; andfrom the unhealthy association with a large
. British sanatoria for the open-air treatment of tuberculosis : with numerous illustrations ; [reprinted with additions and alterations from the "West London Medical Journal."] . NORDRACIl-UrON-MENDII SANATORIUM. The treatment is frequently spoken of as the open-air cure, but it is more properly known in Germany as theSanatorium Treatment ; for its application does not only con-sist in placing a patient in the open air. It is equally im-portant to bring the sufferers from phthisis away from theexcitements and atmospheric impurities of town life; andfrom the unhealthy association with a large number of in-valids, and to place them in a house especially designed to 25 promote their peace of mind and more healthy condition ofbody. The daily life of the patient is lived under the direc-tion of doctors who live with them in the same building,and, having made the cure of this disease an especial study,are able to guard against those accidents which so often checkprogress towards health ; at the same time the patients are. View in Grounds. carefully taught in what way to arrange the most minutedetails of their daily life, so as to ensure the observance ofthose conditions which are essential for cure, viz., purity ofatmosphere at all moments, avoidance of undue exertion, andthe assimilation of a suitable quantity of nourishing food. We have chosen Nordrach-upon-Mendip as a spot thatenables us to meet these requirements in the fullest the members of the medical staff have themselves 26 suffered from phthisis, and have been entirely cured at theparent institution in Germany; in addition, one of them hashad the privilege of assisting Dr. YValther in the care of hispatients, taking sole charge during his absence ; and it iswith the advice and approval of their German colleague thatthey are prepared to treat English patients in England in thesame manner. The house lies S62 feet above the sea level, in one of thehealthiest portions of the Mendip Hills; it faces south
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