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The state possesses three lunatic asylums (Gaustad near
Kristiania, Rotvold near Trondhjem, and Ek at Kristiansand) with
accommodation for 820 patients in all. An asylum is being erected
at Bodø for the northern districts, and in the Trondhjem house
of correction there is a criminal asylum for 30 lunatic criminals.
Lastly, two seaside hospitals for scrofulous children (at
Fredriksvern and Bergen) receive support from the state.
b) County infirmaries. In most of the counties there are
one or more infirmaries (21 in all), which have been erected and
are maintained, directly or indirectly, with county funds. Some
are open only during part of the year, the fishing season. Most
of them owe their existence to the «radesyge». The patients are of
various kinds, and occasionally include lunatics among their
number.
c) Municipal infirmaries are carried on in several towns, the
largest in Kristiania, Trondhjem and Bergen. Patients suffering
from epidemics are also treated in these hospitals, in more or less
isolated wards. In several municipalities, however, there are special
epidemic hospitals, the largest being in Kristiania with beds for
200 patients. There are municipal lunatic asylums in Kristiania,
Kristiansand, Bergen and Trondhjem.
Certain hospitals owe their existence to charitable institutions,
e.g. St. Jørgen’s Hospital for lepers in Bergen, Oslo Lunatic
Asylum, Our Lady’s Hospital, the Deacons’ and Deaconesses’ Houses
in Kristiania, etc.
There are also two private lunatic asylums.
There are several sanatoria for convalescents and neurasthenics,
some among the mountains, some on the coast. Most of them are
only open in the summer, and are not under medical supervision.
Public bathing establishments are found all over the country,
often in connection with the hospitals. In several places,
moreover, especially in the northern districts, there are so-called badstuer
(«bathing-rooms»). These are primitive Turkish baths, and consist
of timber rooms heated with red-hot stones. The steam is produced
by pouring water upon the stones.
Among the larger bathing-places may be named Sandefjord,
Larvik, Modum and Eidsvold. At the first two, sulphurous springs
and mud baths are the principal remedies; at the last two, iron
springs and baths.
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