Most tuberculosis specialists recommended heliotherapy, exposure to the sun, rest and fresh air as the most beneficial, non-surgical, treatment. In the United States, Eastern and Western high altitude mountainous areas offering crisp fresh air were thought ideal locations. This photograph was taken in a New Mexico tuberculosis sanitarium. Total nudity was preferred for heliotherapy.And look at those beautiful Navaho rugs.
Photo and text credit (OVO), via Sloth Unleashed.
In Norway, they built a place high in the mountains exactly for the heliotherapy mentioned in this post...It is at the top a mountain immediately adjacent to the Nord-Fjord. See some pics at http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1001886
ReplyDeleteVery nice, though for family reasons I prefer the Fjaerland Fjord -
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Better than putting TB patients in a cave, I suppose.
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