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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