A sanatorium (also sanitorium, sanitarium) is a medical facility for long-term illness, typically tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common A distinction was sometimes made between a "sanitarium" (a kind of health resort, as in the Battle Creek Sanitarium) and "sanatorium" (a hospital). The Battle Creek Sanitarium, in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States, first opened on September 5, 1866 as the Western Health
According to the Saskatchewan Lung Association, when the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association (Canada) 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" [1]. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome.
The rationale for sanatoriums was that before antibiotic treatments existed, a regime of rest and good nutrition offered the best chance that the sufferer's immune system would "wall off" pockets of pulmonary tuberculosis infection. In modern usage an antibiotic is a Chemotherapeutic agent with activity against Microorganisms such as Bacteria, fungi or Protozoa An immune system is a collection of mechanisms within an Organism that protects against Disease by identifying and killing Pathogens and Tumor lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive
In the early twentieth century, tuberculosis sanatoriums (or sanatoria) were common in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The first tuberculosis sanatorium for blacks was Burkeville, Virginia's Piedmont Sanatorium. Burkeville is a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. Piedmont Sanatorium was a rest home for tubercular African Americans in Burkeville, Virginia from 1917 to 1965 Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a Louisville, Kentucky tuberculosis sanatorium, was founded in 1911. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, located in Louisville Kentucky, opened in 1910 as a two-story Hospital to accommodate 40 to 50 Tuberculosis patients It has become a mecca for curiosity-seekers who believe it is haunted [2]. Colorado Springs, because of its dry climate was home to several sanatoriums. The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, A. G. Holley Hospital in Lantana, Florida is the last remaining freestanding tuberculosis sanatorium in the United States [3]. Sunland Hospital refers to a chain of defunct mental health facilities located throughout the state of Florida. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
Sanatoriums were also common throughout Europe from the end of the late 19th century onwards, particularly in the fight against tuberculosis. For example, Switzerland had many sanatoriums, as it was believed that clean mountain air was the best treatment for lung diseases. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Respiratory Disease is the term for Diseases of the Respiratory system. In Finland a series of tuberculosis sanatoriums were built throughout the country in isolated forest areas, the most famous of these being the Paimio Sanatorium, built in 1930 and designed by world-renowned architect Alvar Aalto, with its roof-top terraces where the patients would lay all day on specially designed chairs, the so-called Paimio Chair. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Paimio Sanatorium is a former Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Paimio, Finland Proper, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto ( February 3, 1898 — May 11, 1976) was a Finnish Architect and Designer, sometimes Artek is a Finnish furniture company It was founded in December 1935 by architect Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Aalto, visual arts promoter In Portugal, the Heliantia Sanatorium in Valadares, was used for the treatment of bone tuberculosis between the 1930s and 1960s. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
After 1943, when Albert Schatz, a graduate student at Rutgers University, discovered Streptomycin, the first true cure for tuberculosis, sanatoriums began to close, or (as in the case of the Paimio Sanatorium) were transformed into general hospitals. Paimio Sanatorium is a former Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Paimio, Finland Proper, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto ( February 3, 1898 — May 11, 1976) was a Finnish Architect and Designer, sometimes Albert Schatz is the name of Albert Schatz (law (born 1879 a law professor at the University of Dijon and historian of 19th century individualism and Jean-Baptiste Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Streptomycin is an Antibiotic drug the first of a class of drugs called Aminoglycosides to be discovered and was the first antibiotic remedy for Tuberculosis Around the 1950s, tuberculosis was no longer a major public health threat and so most of the sanatoriums had reached the end of their lives. Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts and informed choices of society organisations Most sanatoriums were demolished years ago.
Some, however, have assumed updated medical roles. The Tambaram Sanatorium in south India is now a hospital for AIDS patients [4]. Tambaram Sanatorium is a railway station on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram section of the Chennai suburban railway. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The state hospital in Sanatorium, Mississippi is now a regional mental retardation center. Sanatorium was the name of a community in Simpson County, Mississippi ( USA) northwest of Magee. Mental retardation is a generalized triarchic disorder characterized by subaverage cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors with onset before the age
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In the former Soviet Union the term has a slightly different meaning. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 It is mostly a combination of a resort/recreational facility and a medical facility intended to provide short-term complex rest and medical services.
In literature
- The Magic Mountain, a novel by the German author Thomas Mann, is set in a sanatorium. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Paul Thomas Mann ( June Mann was familiar with this type of setting from 1912 when his wife was hospitalized with lung disease for several months in Dr. Friedrich Jessen's Waldsanatorium in Davos, Switzerland. Davos ( Romansh: Tavau, Italian: Tavate is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Magic Mountain was first published in in 1924.
- Mentioned in The Dressmaker as one of the characters is sent there. Set in the 1950s.
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References
- The Sanatorium Age: "Sanatorium" vs. "Sanitarium", The Saskatchewan Lung Association. Losheng Sanatorium ( is a Hospital for Lepers which is located in Hsinchuang City, Taipei County, Taiwan. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, located in Louisville Kentucky, opened in 1910 as a two-story Hospital to accommodate 40 to 50 Tuberculosis patients
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium still source of local curiosity, Douglas Kleier, Jr. , Louisville Cardinal Online, Oct. 21, 2003.
- Sanitarium, sanatorium, sanitorium — The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, 1993.
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sanatorium
-noun
- an institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
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