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The Origin And Growth Of The Sanatorium Treatment Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Massachusetts
Of the great need of sanatoria, in the strict sense of the term, there can be no doubt in the minds of those who look carefully into the subject. The experience of those in charge of the Sharon Sanatorium alone would prove this. The number of applications there far exceeds the capacity of the institution, and many cases who would be greatly benefited by treatment are turned away from lack of room....
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Title: The Origin And Growth Of The Sanatorium Treatment Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Massachusetts
From: Tuberculosis In Massachusetts -- Hospital For Consumptives
Creator: Vincent Y. Bowditch (author)
Date: 1908
Format: Article
Publisher: Wright & Potter, Boston
Source: Columbia University Libraries
Keywords: Architecture; Disease; Doctors; East Bridgewater, MA; Economics; Health & Medicine; Hospitals; Institutions; Massachusetts; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Public Health; Public Health & Welfare; Rutland, MA; Sanatorium; Sharon, MA; Statistics; Technology & Equipment; Tuberculosis
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations


Objects From This Artifact:
- Block Plan Of The State Sanatorium, Rutland, Massachusetts (still)
- Sharon Sanatorium At Sharon (still)
- Sharon Sanatorium At Sharon. Sleeping Balcony. (still)
- State Hospital At Tewksbury (still)
- State Sanatorium At Rutland (still)
- The Millet Sanatorium At East Bridgewater (still)
- The Millet Sanatorium At East Bridgewater. Showing Shacks. (still)
- The Origin And Growth Of The Sanatorium Treatment Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Massachusetts (doc)