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sanatorium

[san-uh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-] / ˌsæn əˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /




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She shared how Martin was without parents from a young age and was "sent alone to a sanatorium in London for two years" after being diagnosed with tuberculosis.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Helgi Reykdal, a criminology graduate student, is researching two unsolved 1983 deaths at a former tuberculosis sanatorium.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2024

The relentless 10-month war has prompted a local commander to transform a Soviet-era sanatorium into a recovery center for servicemen to treat both mental and physical ailments.

From Seattle Times Jan. 5, 2023

The fate of the other 11 children also taken from the Mariupol sanatorium to the Donetsk clinic is not known.

From Washington Post Dec. 24, 2022

After graduation she accepts a position, at the urging of her father’s friends, as a nurse in a TB sanatorium in Switzerland.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

The old sanatoria in the Alps to which European TB patients lucky enough to have wealthy relatives might be sent focused on cleanliness, fresh air and sunlight, ample nutritious food and rest.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2025

Crawford estimates that in 1925 alone the couple spent a third of their income on doctors, medicines, and stays in hospitals or sanatoria.

From Washington Post Sep. 28, 2022

The plaintiff in the case is John Pambrun, 77, a First Nations man who spent nearly six years of his childhood in Indian hospitals and sanatoria.

From The Guardian May 11, 2018

Rehab centers have the feel of pre-modern sanatoria.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2016

More anti-social still is it to attempt to justify the compulsory orders of Parliament that expensive sanatoria shall be built to cope with disease that might be more economically and more satisfactorily treated.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Charles William Daniel

His tuberculosis, which before it killed him at age 40 led to rest “cures” at sanatoriums notable chiefly for their ineffectiveness?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The southern town of Yalta was the prime holiday destination during Soviet times, with many sanatoriums built in and around it.

From Seattle Times Jul. 31, 2023

"The Moscow region is already ready to accept 500 Belgorod residents at one of its sanatoriums," he said, adding that transport, food and accommodation would all be provided for free.

From Reuters Oct. 21, 2022

Like tuberculosis sanatoriums, the clean, smooth surfaces of the architecture of this era offered an anesthetic to disease and trauma.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2020

Kindergarten sanatoriums provided educational facilities for children with tuberculosis, and auxiliary kindergartens were for the mentally deficient.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut




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