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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 ...
Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium: Booneville, Arkansas: 1909 Catawba Sanatorium Roanoke, Virginia: 1909 La Vina Sanitarium Altadena, California: 1909 San Haven Sanatorium Dunseith, North Dakota: 1910 Undercliff State Hospital: Meriden, Connecticut: 1910 Waverly Hills Sanatorium: Jefferson County, Kentucky: 1910 Pine Camp Tuberculosis Hospital
Waverly Hills, Louisville. Coordinates: 38°7′25″N 85°51′7″W. Waverly Hills is a neighborhood in Southwestern Louisville, Kentucky which is centered at Dixie Highway ( US 31W) and Pages Lane. It is located in a hilly section of the city, which is part of the larger Knobs Region which extends into southeastern Kentucky. Its boundaries ...
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.
The scoring scales differ by the chosen measure. In the spring 2024 grades, 29.13% of hospitals nationwide received As, while 25.9% got Bs, 37.2% received Cs, 7.4% received Ds and less than 1% ...
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium was opened in 1910 to house tuberculosis patients. The hospital was closed in 1961. It was later used as a retirement home (1963–1982). It was unused for more than a decade until 1991, when it was reopened for tours. During World War I, Louisville became home to Camp Taylor.
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]
Central State Hospital is a 192-bed adult psychiatric hospital located in the Lakeland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. History [ edit ] In 1869, 200 acres were purchased by the Kentucky State Legislature from the descendants of renown frontiersman Issac Hite to establish a "State House of Reform for Juvenile Delinquents."