Medical geography and phthisic immunity in the high altitudes : The origins of a Therapeutic hypothesis

Abstract: Medical geography expanded considerably in die 19th century, les expansion was aided by a Neo-Hippocratic trend in medi- cal thinking, progress in statistics and hygiene, and an overall vision of geography formulated early in the century by French and German до- graphers inspired by Alexander von Humboldt By tracing out die process that prompted certain «doctor-geographers» to put forth the hypofhesis of immunity phthisis in elevated regions this article seeks to show how various trends in medical geography led to the establishment of die « altitude cure » as a treatment for tuberculose.Abstract: Medical geography expanded considerably in die 19th century, les expansion was aided by a Neo-Hippocratic trend in medi- cal thinking, progress in statistics and hygiene, and an overall vision of geography formulated early in the century by French and German до- graphers inspired by Alexander von Humboldt By tracing out die process that prompted certain «doctor-geographers» to put forth the hypofhesis of immunity phthisis in elevated regions this article seeks to show how various trends in medical geography led to the establishment of die « altitude cure » as a treatment for tuberculose.Vaj Daniela. Medical geography and phthisic immunity in the high altitudes : The origins of a Therapeutic hypothesis. In: Revue de géographie alpine, tome 93, n°1, 2005. Le bon air des Alpes, sous la direction de Claude Reichler . pp. 34-42