Great stuff, especially from Avril. Thanks!
If anyone else is interested in this, there is a report from the St Ronan's Standard of April 16 1913 by Dr Gunn of Peebles. I have only taken notes, but they might be of interest as they cover the type of treatment. Note that 1913 was a particularly hard winter round Peebles.
Consumptive patients, 27 at present, living simple life among the mountains of Manor in shelters 810’ above sea at lowest, 7’ snow, hurricanes. Patients cut their own paths, Lady Superintendant and Nursing Sister and probationer. All patients did well. Treatment was simple: emulsion of cod liver oil to support combustion within, Guycose (?) to kill germs and build up body waste, Muthu’s Inhalant as a respiratory germicide.
Graduated exercise on hill slopes, share of camp and lavatory work, served to inflate lungs etc. weighed once a week, medical examination 3 times a week, 4 meals a day including ¾ lb lean meat. Steady and rapid increase in weight, some a stone in a month.
Admin block which is a farmhouse and buildings faces South, standing high where 3 watersheds meet. Nothing more trying than last winter but results achieved confirm the benefits of the simple life sanatorium.