| description: | Dr. David Alexander Stewart, Born In Kent County, On, February 15, 1874; Graduated In Theology From Manitoba College In 1899. Then He Entered Manitoba Medical College In 1902; Graduated In 1906 And Was The First Senior Intern. He Was Interested In Epidemiology And The Study And Treatment Of Tb In 1908 He Was Executive Director Of The Tuberculosis Society. In 1909 He Had Tb And Was Forced To Retreat To The Trudeau Sanatorium On Saranac Lake, Ny. This Sanatorium Served As The Model For All Others. Dr. Trudeau Found Through Personal Experience That A Regiment Of Fresh Air, Good Food And Complete Rest Was A Healing Agent For Tb Patients. Dr. Stewart Used His Time Convalescing Learning The Principles Of The Cure That Would Be Used At The Proposed Manitoba Sanatarium. During His Absence The Provincial Government Grant Of $I75,000 Was Approved For The Site At Ninette, Mb, The Site Chosen By Dr. Stewart. In 1909 He Became Building Administrator And Later Medical Superintendent Of Manitoba Sanitarium At Ninette, Mb. The Sanatarium Opened With 65 Beds On May 24, 1910 As The Only One West Of Gravenhurst, On. Although He Was Often Bedridden From 1929 Until His Death In 1937 He Remained Head Of The Sanatorium And It Grew To 300 Beds. The Tb Clinic Of Winnipeg Was Renamed The D.A. Stewart Centre For Respiratory Disease In 1968. |