Odessa

ODESSA is extraordinarily rich in therapeutic resources. Among other health resorts of the USSR, it occupies an exceptional position, possessing the advantages of a large city, being connected by excellent communication routes with all regions of the USSR, and possessing major medical and therapeutic-prophylactic institutions, while at the same time combining the healing powers of a climatic station, a sea resort, and a mud-bath locality. Among the sea resorts of Odessa, the N. A. Semashko resort "Arcadia" stands in the foreground; it is located on the shore of the Black Sea, 5 km from Odessa, with which it is connected by a tram. Here there are three sanatoriums with 510 beds; there are therapeutic, nervous, gynecological, and gastrointestinal departments. There is also a resort boarding house with 100 beds and separate dachas for vacationers. All these patients are served by a balneological and mud-bath clinic, which dispenses over 1,000 procedures during the day; all types of electro-phototherapy are used in the electrotherapy department. The beach is small in size, but beautiful in location; the sandy bottom with small shells is convenient for bathing. There is a small park, a theater, a cinema, and a restaurant. The Lustdorf sea resort is also located on the shore of the Black Sea, 22 km from the city, with which it is connected by a tram departing from the very center of the city. Thanks to its excellent climatic conditions, sloping sandy beach up to 1.5 km long, and beautiful location, this resort has recently been attracting more and more patients. Thanks to its shallow sea bottom and good beach, Lustdorf has become primarily a children's resort. The sanatorium for children is designed for 250-300 beds and is located in an elevated area. Children benefit from helio-, aero-, and thalassotherapy. There is a sea bath and hydrotherapeutic establishment. On the Kuyalnik estuary, there is a mud-bath clinic, a balneological clinic, a small physical therapy room, and 7 sanatoriums with a total number of 1,200 beds; they accommodate resort patients with therapeutic, nervous, surgical, and gynecological conditions. In addition, a boarding house and a polyclinic have been established. There are also three departmental sanatoriums with a total of 200 beds. Mineral springs, located along the coast of the estuaries, belong to three types of waters: bitter-salted, alkaline-earth, and sodium chloride. The Kuyalnik mineral spring belongs to weak sodium chloride waters; its concentration is 1.4° Baumé, and its radioactivity is 3.47 Mache units. It is used both internally and externally in the form of mineral baths and hydrotherapeutic procedures. Internal use of the water is indicated for chronic catarrhs of the stomach accompanied by reduced acidity (up to complete anaciditas), for catarrhs of the small and large intestines, especially if these catarrhs are associated with gastric achylia, and for atonic states of the intestine and congestion in the portal vein region.