[Research on Mogan Mt. Sanatorium for pulmonary tuberculosis in modern time].

The Mogan Mt.Sanatorium for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, founded in 1927, was the first tuberculosis sanatorium in modern China, with an initial intention of "treating and caring the diseased, not seeking profits" , and its name was then changed to Mogan Mountain Sanatorium in 1931. During the early period of Anti-Japanese War, it became an asylum for refugees and carrying out charitable rehabilitation activity.In May 1939, the Sanatorium was compelled to close because of the bombardment of Japanese aircraft, andonly formally opened in 1948 until today. The patients in the Sanatorium included politicians, wealthy businessmen and academic elites. It laid equal stress on natural convalesce and medication, together with moral solicitude. The funds of the Sanatorium came from convalesce charges, patients' grant-in-aid, Boxer Indemnity and exhibition of calligraphy and painting of celebrity, etc.By means of advertisements, Sanatorium noticedits expansion of medical works, and changes of doctor, announcements of the curative effects to absorb patients. As a novel thingin the early 20(th) century, the appearance of sanatorium was a product of development of health sense, enhancement of health idea and awakening the consciousness of sovereignty of the people.