Outdoor Consumption Treatment.
< HRI'K HUR(H. January 13. Dr. M;i-on. who was in Christchurch yesterday. explained that each of the consumption annexes which it is proposed to cdi to the hospitals in New Zealand would he a consumptive sanatorium, and they would lie built on somewhat thsame lines as those at “Te Waikato.” Th- little hospital- would be constructed so that the -ides might l>e opened to the air. Kach one would contain four beds, and it was estimated that about thirty patients would be accommodated by an expenditure of £3OO or £4OO. It was eof proposed to adopt the pivot plan here at it. TI e annexes, of course, were rooted in. and were under control. s> tbit the v hid could b? kept off when ’• se-siry. They were absolutely open to the air at times, and were occupied by the patients day and night. The experience at Cambridge showed that pitienis w' o were place ! in the shelters strongly objected t being sent into ordinary. !;■ n-es in which they felt draughts and < .Ids, and they clamoured to be taken ba k to the shelters. At first when admitted to tiie institution most pstinfs warned to v.rap them- Ires in cloth's and sit over th? fire? all the time. IVitliia t.i Gays. bos ever, a man was known to strip to the buff out in the open in order t Jet examined by a doctor. No sooner v ■■• re patients inside an ordinary h«v.' tl i '. their temperature began to react, a- J they began to cough and wheeze, b it wh-n sv were removed to their shelters again their temperature returned t.oin’.i! condition- and tliev recovered.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue IV, 23 January 1904, Page 54
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277Outdoor Consumption Treatment. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue IV, 23 January 1904, Page 54
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