Medical Tourism Facts from Alabariatrics

Here is a snippet from the website regarding historical medical tourism. 

The Sanitorium
They combined the idea of living spaces or a vacation resort and a medical center into a sanitorium. This is not to be confused with a sanitarium, which provided long term imprisonment for the mentally and physically disabled.
According to the Journal of Preventative Medicine and Hygiene, "The sanatorium regimen would plan to cure tuberculosis with Galenic principles of hygiene. Isolation, fresh air, exercise, and good nutrition. Eminent physicians supported these remedies for the treatment of more serious forms of the disease for a few decades".
While there were already centers in Europe in the late 19th century, the American medical field began adopting the practice almost a century later. The first instance of an American sanitorium was in Asheville, North Carolina thanks to Dr. Horatio Page Gatchell in 1871 before anyone knew the cause of tuberculosis. Medical experts at the time claimed at 2,200 feet above sea level, air pressure was equal to that in blood vessels. That was enough to convince a lot of people to embrace the idea. So medical tourism became a permanent destination that would combine treatment with relaxation.
But, it wouldn't last forever.


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