Fighting coughs : heliotherapy for tuberculosis

Tuberculosis patients receive heliotherapy in Leysin, Switzerland. Their hospital beds have been wheeled out to a sanitorium's sun deck from which they are performing "rhythmic gymnastics."

Publication date: 1937-08-08

Size: 7 x 10.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Leysin (Switzerland)

Subject(s):

• Beds--Switzerland--Leysin--1930-1940
• Gymnastics--Switzerland--Leysin--1930-1940
• Sunspaces--Switzerland--Leysin--1930-1940
• Tuberculosis--Switzerland--Leysin--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 8, 1937), p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press