Ostend
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Ostend is a port city and seaside resort in Belgium on the North Sea coast, featuring a 15 km sandy beach. The article describes its climate, sea temperatures, and therapeutic applications including sea baths, heated sea baths, sand baths, and various therapies for functional disorders of the nervous system, catarrhs of the respiratory tract, lymphadenitis, and other conditions.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
OSTEND (Ostend), a port city and seaside resort in Belgium, on the shore of the North Sea. It has a fine sandy beach, low and flat for a distance of 15 km. The climate is cool but mild, of medium humidity, with insignificant barometric fluctuations. The average air temperature: in June 17.5°, in July 19.5°, in August 20.0°, in September 16.0°. The temperature of sea water in the second half of June is 18.5°, in July 21.8°, in the first half of August 22.2°, in September (first half) 16.4°. Sea water contains 3.55% solid constituents. Sea bathing continues from July to September 10-15. In addition to sea bathing, heated sea baths, sand baths, hydro-, aero-, and heliotherapy are applied. For Ostend, functional disorders of the nervous system, catarrhs of the respiratory tract, lymphadenitis, and others are indicated.
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“Ostend.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/ostend/