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A sanatorium (also sanitorium, sanitarium) is a medical facility for long-term illness, typically tuberculosis. Distinctions are sometimes made between a "sanitarium" (a hospital) and "sanatorium" (a kind of health resort), but this distinction appears to be disappearing.
A sanatorium is distinct from a psychiatric hospital. According to the Saskatchewan Lung Association, when the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association was founded in 1904, it was felt that a distinction should be made between the health resorts with which people were familiar and the new tuberculosis treatment hospitals: "So they decided to use a new word which instead of being derived from the Latin noun sanitas, meaning health, would emphasize the need for scientific healing or treatment. Accordingly, they took the Latin verb root sano, meaning to heal, and adopted the new word sanatorium" *.
In the early twentieth century, tuberculosis sanatoriums were common in the United States. The first tuberculosis sanatorium for blacks was Burkeville, Virginia's Piedmont Sanatorium. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a Louisville, Kentucky tuberculosis sanatorium, was founded in 1911. It has become a mecca for curiosity-seekers who believe it is haunted *.
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Vitamin D will help fight infections including influenza. Remember sanatoriums were used in the 19th century to treat tuberculosis.
drlarryemdur (Dr. Larry Emdur) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:02:32 -0000
Vitamin D will help fight infections including influenza. Remember sanatoriums were used in the 19th century to treat tuberculosis.
A Place in Time: South End -- Waverly - Courier-Journal article about the history of Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky, and its neighborhood.
Ah-Gwah-Ching State Tuberculosis Sanatorium - Recent photos of former tuberculosis sanatorium near Walker in northern Minnesota.
Blue Ridge Sanatorium - History and current status of Blue Ridge Sanatorium in Virginia.
Gaylord's Alpine Center a Sight to Behold - Mike Norton reports in the Traverse City Record-Eagle on the history and current status of the former tuberculosis sanatorium in Gaylord, Michigan.
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Maybury Tuberculosis Sanatorium - Information on the Maybury TB Sanatorium that stood in Northville, Mi. Photos and history, and forum.
Michigan State Sanatorium - History of tuberculosis sanatorium in Michigan, accompanied by vintage postcard images.
Ron's Official Waverly Hills Website - Pages with photographs, history, and current status of the Waverly Hills tuberculosis sanatorium near Louisville, Kentucky.
Meta Description: [ My photography of the building inside and out, some history, and my security work ]
Sanatoriums in Virginia: ALAV - Trudea-syle aanatoriums in Virginia, part of American Lung Association of Virginia web site, Historical Collections, University of Virginia Health System.
The Essex Mountain Sanatorium - A chronicle of the life and death of a mental health hospital that was built in 1902 in Verona, New Jersey and abandoned in the 1970s. Includes photographs.
Meta Description: [ A chronicle of the life and death of The Essex Mountain Sanatorium, a hospital established in Verona N.J. in 1907 that was abandoned in the 1970's ]
Women's Ward Pavilions at Seaview Hospital - Illustrated preservation page concerning New York City tuberculosis sanitarium constructed in 1909-1911. The buildings and terra-cotta ornamentation were designed by architect Raymond F. Almirall in the Mission Revival Style.
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