Review
History of medicine
Early use of `open-air' treatment for `pulmonary
phthisis' at the Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich, 1900-1905
G C Cook
Wellcome Institute
for the History of Medicine, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK
Accepted 14 January
1999
The use of open-air treatment for tuberculosis
(`pulmonary phthisis') at the Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich from
1900 to 1905 is reviewed. A marked reduction in mean mortality rate
compared to `orthodox' management was observed.
Keywords: history of medicine; open-air treatment; pulmonary phthisis; tuberculosis
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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