David Jacob Aaron Chowry-Muthu Explained
| David Jacob Aaron Chowry Muthu |
| Birth Place: | 1864 |
| Education: | MD MRCS |
| Specialism: | Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
| Research Field: | Tuberculosis |
| Notable Works: | - 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 established the Hill Grove sanatorium at Mendip Hills, Somerset, England in the 1910s. An innovative feature of his practice was the use of walks of increasing length to aid in the recovery of patients.[1]
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.[2]
Following his wife's death in 1930, he requested the government to acquire the sanatorium and moved back to England.[3]
Works
His notable medical books / journals include:
- Book: Muthu, David C.. Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Its Etiology and Treatment. 1922. Baillere, Tindall and Cox. London.
- A Discussion On The Therapeutics Of Open Air. Burton-Fanning, Frederick William. Moore, John William. Chowry-Muthu, D. J.. Kingscote, Ernest. Calwell, William. Walker, Jane Harriet. Colebrook, Esther Lillie. Sommerville, David. 1900. The British Medical Journal. 2. 2076. 1095–1097. 20266004 . JSTOR.
- The Sanatorium Treatment of Consumption: Is It Worth While?. D. J.. Chowry-Muthu. July 1, 1905. Br Med J. 2. 2322. 46. www.bmj.com. 10.1136/bmj.2.2322.46. 60516463 .
- The Sanatorium Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Is It a Success?. D. J. Chowry. Muthu. March 21, 1907. Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal (1883). 25. 95. 50–54. 28896882. 5046717.
References
- Hickman, C., ‘The Importance of “Open-Air” for Health: Environmental and Medical Intersections in Modern Britain’ in Konrad, T. (ed.), Imagining Air: Cultural Axiology and the Politics of Invisibility (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2023: Open Access), pp. 180-99.
- News: The story of a sanatorium. The Hindu . February 7, 2013. www.thehindu.com.
- Web site: The Tambaram Sanatorium - Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music. February 5, 2013. sriramv.com.
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