Bethesda Sanatorium, an Advertising Folding Brochure

Bethesda Sanatorium

Verlag: The Smith-Brooks Press, Denver, CO, 1917

Beschreibung

An eight page folded brochure for Bethesda Sanatorium, a Christian Institution specializing on the treatment of tuberculosis. Located in Denver, CO, overlooking the Rocky Mountains, the institution sits at about five thousand feet above sea level. This high altitude, that is 'light and dry' was supposedly "not so irritating to the respiratory tract, and [it] gives a better opportunity for healing of the diseased tissues." What is interesting about this sanatorium in particular is that it stresses that "the institution is not a hospital in any sense of the word. The Sanatorium is a Health University, where patients are taken and taught methods of living by which they are able to effect an arrest of the disease." Most of the sanatoriums around this time consistently made claims that they could 'cure' all types of diseases, including tuberculosis, rather than stressing teaching their patients how to manage and live with chronic diseases. The brochure also includes nine (9) printed photographs of the facility, grounds and staff. 8 folding pages. The institution is still open today, but is now known as the Bethesda Christian Counseling Midwest, Inc. Measures 9" x 4" (folded), 16" x 9" (unfolded). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 29100229

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bethesda Sanatorium, an Advertising Folding ...

Verlag: The Smith-Brooks Press, Denver, CO

Erscheinungsdatum: 1917

Zustand: Age toning, otherwise fine.