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sanatorium
Sign in to saveAlso known as sanitorium, sanitarium, sanatoria, convalescent home
thumb|320px|Brehmer sanatorium, photo before 1905, founded by Austrian physician Hermann Brehmer in [[Görbersdorf, Silesia (now Sokołowsko, Poland). Brehmer established the first German sanatorium for the systematic open-air treatment of tuberculosis; it was the first institution of its kind.]] thumb|320px|Hällnäs sanatorium, founded in 1926, was one of the largest sanatoria in Sweden for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. thumb|200px|right|A 1978 Finnish postage stamp, depicting the 1933 Paimio tuberculosis sanatorium, designed by [[Alvar Aalto]]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Conception
- Early establishments
- In 20th-century United States
- Discovery of antibiotics and decline
- Post-Soviet states
- In culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|320px|Brehmer sanatorium, photo before 1905, founded by Austrian physician Hermann Brehmer in [[Görbersdorf, Silesia (now Sokołowsko, Poland). Brehmer established the first German sanatorium for the systematic open-air treatment of tuberculosis; it was the first institution of its kind.]] thumb|320px|Hällnäs sanatorium, founded in 1926, was one of the largest sanatoria in Sweden for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. thumb|200px|right|A 1978 Finnish postage stamp, depicting the 1933 Paimio tuberculosis sanatorium, designed by [[Alvar Aalto]]
A sanatorium (from Latin sānāre 'to heal'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence.
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