David Jacob Aaron Chowry Muthu
Born
1864
EducationMD MRCS
Medical career
Sub-specialtiesPulmonary Tuberculosis
ResearchTuberculosis
Notable works
  • Establishment of Hill Grove sanatorium at Mendip Hills, Somerset
  • Establishment of Sanatorium at Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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

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

  1. ↑ "The story of a sanatorium". February 7, 2013 – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ↑ https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/download/3765/99193546800
  3. ↑ "The Tambaram Sanatorium - Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music". sriramv.com. February 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Its Etiology and Treatment by Muthu, David C.: Very Good Hardcover (1922) | PsychoBabel & Skoob Books". www.abebooks.co.uk.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
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