sanitorium

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Recent Examples of sanitorium On Neurosyphilis and Fighting Fire with Fire Staten Island's Sea View sanitorium was abandoned in the 1970s and has laid in ruins, devoured by the surrounding vegetation for many decades. Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2016 Inside the Old Louisville murder house: This Old Louisville mansion was home to a grave in a wine cellar, a sanitorium and a cult. Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2022 My great-grandmother died from tuberculosis in a sanitorium with concrete floors. Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020
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Noun
  • One person described in the report, Sonny McDonald, was incarcerated at a tuberculosis sanatorium as a child.
    BySadia Rafiquddin, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The older novel follows a young man’s lengthy stay at Davos, a Swiss sanatorium.
    Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Bolsheviks shot its monks in the first years of the Soviet Union, and converted the complex into a sanitarium and a cinema.
    Ainara Tiefenthäler, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Noun
  • Both people were transported to the hospital by EMS, with non life threatening injuries, state police said.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Man started firing gun during 'family dispute' that escalated The shooting and stabbing sent four people to the hospital: one woman with life-threatening injuries and two men and one teenage boy in stable condition, police said.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Fritz, who appeared on the program from 2010 to 2020, died on September 30 from the complications from a stroke while in hospice care.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The performer, younger brother to Peter Duel (who became known for portraying Hannibal Heyes/Joshua Smith on the popular ABC Western Alias Smith and Jones prior to his suicide), died in hospice care in Florida following a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Sanitorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitorium. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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