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THE BLUE RIDGE SANATORIUM

The Blue Ridge Sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis, which
is owned and controlled by the Virginia State Board of Health, lies within
easy reach of the Medical School. Under a plan of coöperation agreed upon
by the State Board of Health and the University, the Medical Director of
the Sanatorium teaches phthisiotherapy in the Medical School, and the 120
beds of the Sanatorium afford excellent clinical material for first hand,
practical experience for internes, medical students and nurses of the University
Medical School. Work at the Sanatorium is part of the required
course of the Medical School. This affiliation of the Sanatorium and the
Medical School offers an opportunity almost ideal for the medical student
to become thoroughly familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of this
most important disease.