sanitarium

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The St. Erne Sanitarium had opened on the adjacent West Boulevard, and three others nearby specialized in the feared and stigmatized afflictions of tuberculosis, alcoholism and, in the language of the day, insanity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

One of the leading pioneers of the anti-masturbation crusade was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg — a pious Seventh-day Adventist and eugenicist — who ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a world-renowned health resort in Michigan.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2021

Hall would check into the Columbus Sanitarium — which later became Cabrini Hospital — at the corner of Madison and Boren Streets and died two days later.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2021

Kellogg preached to adherents at his then-famous health resort Battle Creek Sanitarium that producing at least three, and much better four, bowel movements a day ought to be the norm.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2021

The Dispensary Department of the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium is extending sanatorium care to the homes of tuberculous patients by building and remodelling porches and supplying, if necessary, all equipment required for outdoor sleeping.

From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various