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CONGRESS ON TUBERCULOSIS. 
The Finsen Institute was founded at the initiative of Pro¬ 
fessor Nie’s Rigberg Finsen, in 1896, for the purpose of making 
experiments, and of contributing to the progress of research on 
the effect of light on living organisms; above all, with the in¬ 
tention of utilizing the rays to the benefit of practical medicine. 
The Institute, the administration of which is under the presi¬ 
dency of M. Blagemann, manufacturer and municipal coun¬ 
cillor, has received numerous private donations, and by the 
Financial Act of 1900, it has been voted a sum of 350,000 
francs, as a loan without interest. The Institute is established 
at Rosenvaenget, in Copenhagen. The number of lupus pa¬ 
tients that have been cured is very considerable. 
A large hospital for scrofulous children at Juilsmind is in 
construction ; the treasury has supplied 80,000 francs, and Prince 
Carolath has made a present of an excellent site. 
As a hospital for phthisis, properly so called, there exists but 
one at the present time, situate on the fjord of Vejle a Fakke- 
grav ; it was opened on March 1st, 1900, with room for 92 pa¬ 
tients. The hospital was founded under the name of “ Hospital 
for Consumptives,” by a society, the aim of which is philan¬ 
thropic. The dividend of shares being limited to 4 per cent., 
the subsequent profit will be employed to lessen the payments 
of those in straitened circumstances. The president of the 
administrative council is Professor Borck, Doctor of Medicine. 
The president of the management is M. Reisz, Councillor and 
Doctor of Medicine. Danish physicians have contributed a 
sum of 60,000 francs, and private persons 300,000 francs. 
The Treasury has given 150,000 francs, and for non-paying 
rooms a donation of 30,000 francs has been received. The 
Sanatorium is situated on the fjord of Vejle, and possesses 
forest-land 42 hectares in extent. All expenses included, the 
hospital has cost about 1,100,000 francs, that is to say, 12,000 
francs per bed. During the ten months, March to December, 
1900, 206 patients have been treated at the Sanatorium. The 
payment for Danish subjects per day is 10 to 11 francs for a 
separate room, 8 to 10 francs for a common room. To foreign¬ 
ers the highest fee is 5 francs daily. The hospital is under the 
management of Dr. Sangmann, the head of the staff. 
The Municipality of Copenhagen are having a Sanatorium 
for Consumptives constructed in the forest of Boscrup, near 
Roskilde. For this purpose the Municipal Council has voted a 
sum of 800,000 francs. Two buildings will be constructed for 
the patients, one with 55 to 63 beds for men, and the other with 
