Early use of 'open-air' treatment for 'pulmonary phthisis' at the Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich, 1900-1905

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 884, 1999, Pages 326-327

  Cook, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Open air treatment; Pulmonary phthisis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AIR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032941041     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.884.326     Document Type: Short Survey

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