The Prise Essay on the Erection cf the King Edward
VII.'s Sana- torium for Consumption. By Arthur. Latham, M.D., and A. W. West. (Baillibre, Tindal, and Cox. 5s. net.)—This essay obtained the first of three prizes awarded in a recent competition. What was required was a scheme medically sound and architecturally practicable for the erection of a consumption hospital. We do not profess to judge of its merits. The Committee of six experts, presided over by Sir W. Broadbent, must be allowed to have the last word on that subject. The only doubt we feel is one that was suggested some little time ago in a letter addressed to the Times, whether an elaborately constructed sanatorium is the best thing possible. May not the place become, so to speak, stale? Would not a movable camp be better? But given the fixture, doubtless here is the most carefully thought out and effective scheme.
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