Shafranovo

SHAFRANOVO, a kumys-treatment region in the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (see Kumys-treatment establishments). The climate of the region is continental: moderately warm summers, cold winters with snowstorms, early unstable but warm springs with cold morning frosts, warm and almost hot noons, and an early rainy and windy autumn. Dryness of the air, a large number of sunny days, an elevated terrain, and the presence of winds are extremely favorable for kumys treatment. Kumys is prepared in a laboratory manner in specially adapted kumys workshops. The resort has its own herd of mares, which is under the supervision of a veterinarian. Sun and air baths are administered on special platforms and aerosolariums. Patients are accommodated in six sanatoriums of the Resort Administration. Outpatients are under the medical supervision of a polyclinic, which, along with medical consultations in all specialties, has an X-ray room, a physiotherapy department, a laboratory, etc. In addition to the sanatoriums of the Resort Administration, the Bashkir People's Commissariat of Health and other organizations own the following sanatoriums: Aksakovo, Chekhov, "Russian Switzerland," and others. The season in Shafranovo lasts from May 15 to September 30. Indications for referral to Shafranovo are: 1. Tuberculosis: a) subcompensated, freshly compensated forms of pulmonary tuberculosis without sharp temperature fluctuations; b) compensated forms of pulmonary tuberculosis with emaciation; c) bronchial and pleural adenitis of a tuberculous nature without sharp temperature fluctuations. 2. Diseases of the stomach and intestines: catarrhs of the stomach with decreased secretion, reduced acidity, or absence of hydrochloric acid with phenomena of emaciation. 3. Anemia and exhaustion following operations where strengthening of the organism is required. Contraindications are: 1. All decompensated forms of tuberculosis of the lungs and other organs. All forms of pulmonary tuberculosis with marked phenomena of neuropsychiatric excitability, with tuberculous complications of other organs, and with hemoptysis occurring within the past year. 2. Tuberculosis of the bones, joints, peritoneum, intestines, urinary system, and laryngeal tuberculosis with deep tissue lesions. 3. All forms of cardiovascular compensation disorders. 4. Diseases of the stomach and intestines: a) stomach diseases with increased secretion and high acidity; b) stomach ulcers; c) pyloric stenoses, gastroptoses, and organic diseases that significantly disrupt the evacuation capabilities of the stomach and cause stagnation of gastric contents. 5. Diseases of the liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder. 6. Metabolic diseases: diabetes and obesity. 7. Increased neuropsychiatric excitability; Basedow's disease.

L. Goldfail.