Contributions of Varna physicians in the field of thalassotherapy. Dr. Ivan Teodorov (1856-1934)

Abstract

Dr Ivan Teodorov practiced in the state hospital in Varna until 1904. In 1907 he co-wrote with Dr. Iv. Farashov opened the first private physiotherapeutical hospital in Bulgaria with 20 beds for lying patients. A number of phaeoterapeutical methods of treatment are used: electrotherapy, mehano-therapy and massage, pneumotherapy, light therapy, inhalation treatment, hot air treatment, cold rays, seaside baths and hot baths with sea and freshwater all year round, sun and mud bathrooms. The main healing factor is the superb sea climate. Dr. Theodorov devotes a significant part of his creative work to sea treatment and sea prophylaxis, as a powerful factor for the preservation and restoration of human health.