ORIGINAL STUDY
The sanatorium of Saint Eleousa: An important part of the history of Respiratory Medicine on the island of Rhodes
 
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SpR in Pneumonology Medicine, 3rd Pneumonology Medicine Department Sismanogleion General Hospital, Athens
 
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Pneumonology Physician, Editorial Board “PNEUMON”
 
 
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Andriana I. Papaioannou   

3rd Pneumonology Medicine Department, Sismanogleion General Hospital 1 Sismanogleiou Str., Marousi 15126, Athens Greece
 
 
Pneumon 2010;23(3):307-309
 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank the family of Dr Emmanuel Kostaridis and especially his son, Mr. George Kostaridis, for providing invaluable information for the writing of this manuscript. We would also like to thank Mr. Esaias Papaioannou for providing us with the contemporary photographs of the Sanatorium of Saint Eleousa.
 
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