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established. It is a matter of national gratifica- 

 tion that this sensible mode of cure should have 

 been initiated in this country, by Bodington and 

 MacCormac, years before it was adopted elsewhere. 

 It is an instance of our national slowness to do 

 what is obviously right, that our Continental 

 neighbours have, till recent years, outstripped us 

 in the perfection of these methods of cure. Our 

 own pioneers, too, have been subjected to ridicule 

 and temporary obloquy. We now know that 

 though outdoor life at high altitudes is especially 

 successful in the treatment of tuberculosis, high 

 altitude is not a necessity. A cure can be effected 

 in the lower altitudes of our own country, so long 

 as the principle is maintained of a constantly 

 " open window." 



Quite recently practical proof has been brought 

 forward by Dr. M. S. Paterson, of the Brompton 

 Hospital Sanatorium at Frimley, which shows 

 that even the success of the Continental patterns 

 of sanatoria can be greatly enhanced by allow- 

 ing the sufierers to work in the gardens. By giving 

 them this healthy employment they harden them- 

 selves, and instead of being confirmed idlers, they 

 leave the institution vigorous in muscle, as well as 

 healed of their lung trouble. The patients, men and 

 women, are encouraged to execute all the lighter 

 duties of gardeners, and the more robust of the men 



