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The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky . In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital. The Sanatorium opened in 1910 as a two-story facility able ...
King County Tuberculosis Hospital Seattle, Washington: 1930 Lake View Sanatorium: Madison, Wisconsin: 1933 Sioux San Hospital: Rapid City, South Dakota: 1934 Arizona State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Tempe, Arizona: 1934 Glenn Dale Hospital: Glenn Dale, Maryland: 1936 Dr. Hudson Sanitarium: Newton County, Arkansas: 1939 University Tuberculosis Hospital
Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park in south-central Kentucky, US. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world. The park's 52,830 acres (21,380 ha) are located primarily in Edmonson County, with small areas extending eastward into Hart and Barren counties. The Green River runs through the park ...
A 1978 Finnish postage stamp, depicting the 1933 Paimio tuberculosis sanatorium, designed by Alvar Aalto. A sanatorium (from Latin sānāre 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, [1] [2] is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence.
A map of deaths from tuberculosis in Washington, D.C. in 1900–1901. At the beginning of the 20th century, tuberculosis was one of the UK's most urgent health problems. A royal commission was set up in 1901, The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Relations of Human and Animal Tuberculosis.
John Croghan. Dr. John Croghan (April 23, 1790 – January 11, 1849) was an American medical doctor and slave owner who helped establish the United States Marine Hospital of Louisville and organized some tuberculosis medical experiments and tours for Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky (U.S.) during 1839–1849. [1]
January 31, 2019. Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis or Triboro Tuberculosis Hospital, later simply Triboro Hospital and now known as " Building T " [2] or the " T Building ", [3] [4] [5] is a former municipal tuberculosis sanatorium and later a general hospital located on the campus of Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.
Tuberculosis ( TB ), also known colloquially as the " white death ", or historically as consumption, [7] is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. [1] Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is ...