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Amazing resort in the salt mines! Underground treatment for asthmatics 300 meters underground.
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In the Carpathians, on the right bank of the river Tisza, situated village, where even in the I century BC carted salt. Now salt mining in Solotvyno completely stopped, but the settlement was known also thanks to the underground sanatorium for asthma, who was here for 40 years.
English photographer Kuletskaya Cyril (Kirill Kuletski) made a series of photographs that shows the magic of the underground sanatorium.
The first salt mines in Solotvyno appeared in the XVIII century, and in 1968 in one of the mines opened Ukrainian Allergic Hospital.
non-drug method of treatment, which is used in Solotvyno for asthma and other respiratory diseases, known as speleotherapy.
The history of modern speleotherapy dates back to the 50s of XX century, when doctors noticed that the miners in the salt mines rarely suffered from tuberculosis.
The air in the mines is strongly impregnated with salt and it helps to remove phlegm from the lungs and destroy microorganisms that cause respiratory infections.
It is also rich salty air helps to combat various skin diseases and consequences of burns.
Sanatorium in Solotvino located at a depth of 300 meters. The temperature there was unchanged throughout the year - 22 ° C. B>
It was the largest hospital in the world, to be used as the primary method of speleotherapy treatment and rehabilitation after diseases of the respiratory organs.
The course of treatment in the clinic lasted 24 days. Underground were only courses of therapy, most of the time patients spend at the top. B>
During the treatment sessions, patients lying on the bed, reading or talking to each other. Beds were placed in niches carved into the rock and covered with fluorescent lamps. B>
underground was also a library and a recreation room.
At the beginning of the 2000s after the sharp rise of groundwater salt production ceased completely. Branch speleotherapy was closed shortly after the breakthrough of water into the ventilation. This fascinating underground sanatorium, just want to go there and see everything with your own eyes. Unfortunately, this is not possible, one can only admire these beautiful photos.
Show your friends the incredible pictures of the underground hospital!
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English photographer Kuletskaya Cyril (Kirill Kuletski) made a series of photographs that shows the magic of the underground sanatorium.
The first salt mines in Solotvyno appeared in the XVIII century, and in 1968 in one of the mines opened Ukrainian Allergic Hospital.
non-drug method of treatment, which is used in Solotvyno for asthma and other respiratory diseases, known as speleotherapy.
The history of modern speleotherapy dates back to the 50s of XX century, when doctors noticed that the miners in the salt mines rarely suffered from tuberculosis.
The air in the mines is strongly impregnated with salt and it helps to remove phlegm from the lungs and destroy microorganisms that cause respiratory infections.
It is also rich salty air helps to combat various skin diseases and consequences of burns.
Sanatorium in Solotvino located at a depth of 300 meters. The temperature there was unchanged throughout the year - 22 ° C. B>
It was the largest hospital in the world, to be used as the primary method of speleotherapy treatment and rehabilitation after diseases of the respiratory organs.
The course of treatment in the clinic lasted 24 days. Underground were only courses of therapy, most of the time patients spend at the top. B>
During the treatment sessions, patients lying on the bed, reading or talking to each other. Beds were placed in niches carved into the rock and covered with fluorescent lamps. B>
underground was also a library and a recreation room.
At the beginning of the 2000s after the sharp rise of groundwater salt production ceased completely. Branch speleotherapy was closed shortly after the breakthrough of water into the ventilation. This fascinating underground sanatorium, just want to go there and see everything with your own eyes. Unfortunately, this is not possible, one can only admire these beautiful photos.
Show your friends the incredible pictures of the underground hospital!
esquire.ru/photo/speleotherapy#14
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