sanitariums

He cited the example of TB where sick people used to be kept for long periods of time in sanitariums at enormous expense but that the drugs that cured TB were incredibly cheap and worked very rapidly.

Health Care Spending, Continued, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Until the 1960's at least, mental health care basically consisted of isolating individuals from society - in sanitariums which had worse track records of abuse and inmate conditions than many prisons.

Mental Health Institutions and Prisons, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The author of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, he had been virtually an invalid for the last three years and most of his recent writing had been done in sanitariums to which his illness forced him to retreat.

Obituary for George Orwell 1950

It was also worn by skaters, gymnasts, tourists, and in sanitariums.

Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 1898

The sanitariums were a place to isolate diseases sufferers and hopefully cure them.

unknown title 2009

I recalled the doctor's recommendation: "She needs some good old-fashioned R and R," he'd said, inspiring images of sanitariums nestled in the Alps, "rest cures" for pampered society ladies.

The Swans Chris Belden 2011

The short-sighted are provided with spectacles, and the sickly (when they can pay for it) with sanitariums.

WANTED: A NEW LAW OF DEVELOPMENT 2010

Upon arrival in Switzerland, they went to hospitals and sanitariums for recuperation or received physical therapy to learn new trades and skills.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Causes of death, incidents of stroke, commitments to sanitariums?

Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

Causes of death, incidents of stroke, commitments to sanitariums?

Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010