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We also propose visiting Chailey in Sussex, Alton in Hampshire,
and Carshalton in Surrey, where this treatment is actually being
carried on, and a further report as to the cost of the treatment,
and with certain proposals, will be submitted to the Committee at
their next meeting.
In continuation of my report laid before the Council on the 17th
instant, Dr. Salter, Dr. Connan and myself visited Leysin, Switzerland.
This is a small village above the Rhone Valley, and not
far from the Lake of Geneva. It is situated among the Alps, 4,500
feet above the sea level. The atmosphere is wonderfully clear, cool
and free from dust and smoke.
Dr. Rollier, one of the pioneers of the Sun Cure, started work
there in a very small way in 1904, and this has gradually increased,
so that under his charge there are now 35 clinics, a large number of
which are devoted entirely to patients of the poorer classes. The
charge for the latter varies from 5 to 7 francs per day, which is, in
English money, 30s. to 40s. per week, exclusive of X-Ray photographs,
special apparatus and washing, for which an extra charge is made.
The form of Tuberculosis which is benefited most bv the treatment
is known as Surgical Tuberculosis, that is, affecting the bones, joints
and glands of the body. The diseases under this group include
diseases of the spine, hip-joint, knee, ankle and small bones of the
hands and feet, as well as the skull; it also includes Tuberculosis
of the skin, commonly known as " Lupus," Tubercular Peritonitis
and Scrofula or glandular Tuberculosis.
Dr. Rollier does not undertake the treatment of cases of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, as these are much more sensitive to the sun's
rays, and it therefore requires much more careful technique and more
prolonged treatment if they are to be permanently benefited. He
confines his attention therefore, as far as possible, to Surgical Tuberculosis,
which is benefited much more quickly and efficiently. Of
course, an occasional case of Tuberculosis of the lungs will occur
among surgical cases and these have benefited, but the improvement