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The Sanatorium movement thereby “satisfied both the drive to coerce and to cure.” It is perhaps not surprising then that many public health advocates became early admirers of Trudeau’s facility. Officials from the New York Department of Public Health visited the facility and began building sanatoriums of their own to house New Yorkers ...
Nov 29, 2022 · In the early 20th century, a new form of treatment for tuburculosis emerged in Europe and North America. Sanatoriums were a hybrid between a hospital and a resort, built to maximise patients’ exposure to sunlight and clean air. Their bright, open spaces influenced both healthcare and modern architecture.
Aug 6, 2015 · Tuberculosis Sanitariums: Reminders of the White Plague. By: Anya Grahn. For centuries, the white plague -- also known as tuberculosis (TB) or consumption -- was considered an ailment of the poor. The rich often escaped the embarrassment of the disease by retreating to European health spas, while the poor continued to suffer with no relief.
Mar 21, 2020 · A Historical Lesson in Disease Containment. Tuberculosis sanatoriums offered patients fresh air, entertainment, and socialization—for those who could afford them. By Annika Neklason.
Nov 6, 2015 · Seaview Tuberculosis Hospital. Staten Island, New York. In the early 19th century, Dr. John Coakley Lettsom established the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary for Scrofula in Magnate, England, after observing that fisherman rarely suffered from a certain type of tuberculosis.
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Dec 15, 2018 · The sanatorium regimen planned to cure tuberculosis with Galenic principles of hygiene: isolation, fresh air, exercise and good nutrition. Eminent physicians supported these remedy for the treatment of more serious forms of the disease for a few decades.
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Aug 1, 2022 · The first effective pharmacological therapies against tuberculosis date from the late 1940s (streptomycin) and early 1950s (isoniazid in 1952), so public health decisions regarding how to treat TBC patients in the 1920s and 1930s focused on the sanatorium.
