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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, is situated near the Medical
School. Under a plan of coöperation agreed upon by the State Board of Health
and the University, the Medical Director and other members of the staff of the
Sanatorium give instruction in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis
to students in the Medical School. The Sanatorium has accommodations
for 270 patients. Work at the Sanatorium is part of the required course. 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.