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| specialism = Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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* Establishment of Hill Grove sanatorium at Mendip Hills, Somerset
* Establishment of Sanatorium at Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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'''David Jacob Aaron Chowry Muthu''' was born in 1864 in India. He went to England to qualify in medicine and was, by the 1890s, got MD and MRCS.

Chowry-Muthu had established the Hill Grove sanatorium at [[Mendip Hills]], [[Somerset]], England in the 1910s.

In 1928, he established 12-bed sanatorium hospitals on 250 acres of land in [[Tambaram]], [[Chennai]], India. This was the first sanatorium hospital in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/the-story-of-a-sanatorium/article4379558.ece|title=The story of a sanatorium|date=February 7, 2013|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/download/3765/99193546800</ref>

Following his wife's death in 1930, he requested the government to acquire the sanatorium and moved back to England. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sriramv.com/2013/02/05/the-tambaram-sanatorium/|title=The Tambaram Sanatorium - Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music|date=February 5, 2013|website=sriramv.com}}</ref>

== Works ==
His notable medical books / journals include:
* Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Its Etiology and Treatment (1922 ) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Pulmonary-Tuberculosis-Etiology-Treatment-Muthu-David/31140292035/bd|title=Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Its Etiology and Treatment by Muthu, David C.: Very Good Hardcover (1922) | PsychoBabel & Skoob Books|website=www.abebooks.co.uk}}</ref>
* A Discussion On The Therapeutics Of Open Air (1900) <ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20266004|title=A Discussion On The Therapeutics Of Open Air|author1=Burton-Fanning, Frederick William|author2=Moore, John William|author3=Chowry-Muthu, D. J.|author4=Kingscote, Ernest|author5=Calwell, William|author6=Walker, Jane Harriet|author7=Colebrook, Esther Lillie|author8=Sommerville, David|year=1900|journal=The British Medical Journal|volume=2|issue=2076|pages=1095-1097|via=JSTOR}}</ref>
* The Sanatorium Treatment Of Consumption: Is It Worth While? (1905)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/2/2322/46.1|title=The Sanatorium Treatment of Consumption: Is It Worth While?|first=D. J.|last=Chowry-Muthu|date=July 1, 1905|journal=Br Med J|volume=2|issue=2322|pages=46–46|via=www.bmj.com|doi=10.1136/bmj.2.2322.46}}</ref>
* The Sanatorium Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Is It a Success? (1907)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28896882/|title=The Sanatorium Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Is It a Success?|first=D. J. Chowry|last=Muthu|date=March 21, 1907|journal=Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal (1883)|volume=25|issue=95|pages=50–54|via=PubMed|pmid=28896882|pmc=5046717}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1864 births]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:20th-century British medical doctors]]
[[Category:19th-century British medical doctors]]

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