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David Jacob Aaron Chowry-Muthu
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David Jacob Aaron Chowry Muthu | |
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| Born | 1864 |
| Education | MD MRCS |
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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.[1][2]
Following his wife's death in 1930, he requested the government to acquire the sanatorium and moved back to England. [3]
Works[edit]
His notable medical books / journals include:
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Its Etiology and Treatment (1922 ) [4]
- A Discussion On The Therapeutics Of Open Air (1900) [5]
- The Sanatorium Treatment Of Consumption: Is It Worth While? (1905)[6]
- The Sanatorium Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Is It a Success? (1907)[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The story of a sanatorium". February 7, 2013 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/download/3765/99193546800
- ↑ "The Tambaram Sanatorium - Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music". sriramv.com. February 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Its Etiology and Treatment by Muthu, David C.: Very Good Hardcover (1922) | PsychoBabel & Skoob Books". www.abebooks.co.uk.
- ↑ Burton-Fanning, Frederick William; Moore, John William; Chowry-Muthu, D. J.; Kingscote, Ernest; Calwell, William; Walker, Jane Harriet; Colebrook, Esther Lillie; Sommerville, David (1900). "A Discussion On The Therapeutics Of Open Air". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2076): 1095–1097 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ Chowry-Muthu, D. J. (July 1, 1905). "The Sanatorium Treatment of Consumption: Is It Worth While?". Br Med J. 2 (2322): 46–46. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2322.46 – via www.bmj.com.
- ↑ Muthu, D. J. Chowry (March 21, 1907). "The Sanatorium Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Is It a Success?". Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal (1883). 25 (95): 50–54. PMC 5046717. PMID 28896882 – via PubMed.