sanatorium

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Physician conducting a medical examination of a dairy worker at the state tuberculosis sanatorium in Ah-Gwah-Ching, Minnesota, 1932.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

It was once advertised as a wellness paradise, the sanatorium capital of America, a temporary resort for turn-of-the-20th century tuberculosis patients eager to seek treatment in the form of sunshine and “fresh” air.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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

Next, Buddy borrowed a car from his own doctor, who'd had TB himself and was very understanding, and we drove off as the buzzer for walk hour rasped along the sunless sanatorium corridors.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath