Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > Featured Articles > The magic mountain revisited: History of the Madanapalle TB Sanatorium > The magic mountain revisited: History of the Madanapalle TB Sanatorium

The magic mountain revisited: History of the Madanapalle TB Sanatorium [1]

The sanatorium was central to tuberculosis treatment in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The long-drawn nature of treatment and the highly infectious nature of the disease made the sanatorium regimen effective and popular before antibiotics entered the scene. The sanatorium was not just a hospital, it was a social world

Publication Date: 
16/08/2008
Sheela Prasad [2], B Venkat Raju [3]
Economic and Political Weekly [4]
43
33
52
Tags:
Health Care [5], Tuberculosis [6], History [7], India [8], Andhra Pradesh [9], Chittoor (D) [10]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/magic-mountain-revisited-history-madanapalle-tb-sanatorium

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/magic-mountain-revisited-history-madanapalle-tb-sanatorium
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sheela-prasad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/b-venkat-raju
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuberculosis
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/history
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chittoor-d