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It was a humid day, thought we'd check the place out because of demolition plans in the future. I had been several months ago but did not bring a camera.
The former Physical Therapy / Entertainment building for the Tuberculosis Sanatarium known as Statesan. Picture taken about 2004
Orwell died in London from tuberculosis, at the age of 46.He was in and out of hospitals for the last three years of his life. Having requested burial in accordance with the Anglican rite, he was interred in All Saints' Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire with the simple epitaph: "Here lies Eric Arthur Blair, born June 25, 1903, died January 21, 1950"; no mention is made on the gravestone of his more famous pen-name. He had wanted to be buried in the graveyard of the closest church to wherever he happened to die, but the graveyards in central London had no space. Fearing that he might have to be cremated, against his wishes, his widow appealed to his friends to see if any of them knew of a church with space in its graveyard. Orwell's friend David Astor lived in Sutton Courtenay and negotiated with the vicar for Orwell to be buried there, although he had no connection with the village.
Now it is called Wythenshawe Hospital. A sanatorium was a hospital where patients with tuberculosis were treated. Treatment consisted mostly of good food, rest and fresh air. These were no doubt beneficial, although some of the surgical treatments were probably of dubious value and possibly even harmful.
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Tuberculosis patient's were prescribed a certain amount of exercise every day, but nothing too strenuous. Mostly walking at a slow pace for a doctor's specified distance or possibly some other activity like going to church or playing crocket.
Allene Goodenough (right) and Helyn James of the Young Women's Christian Association mop up a spot on the sidewalk where someone expectorated by an anti-spitting sign during a public health campaign in Syracuse, New York, in 1900.
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One of the men's cottage at Wisconsin State Sanatorium. Abandoned to patient use early on because patients couldn't make the hill. I believe the small building in the forground to be an outhouse.
An aerial view of the New York State Tuberculosis Hospital on Murray Hill, now the Livingston County Campus in Mt. Morris.
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Mackinac Island.
Medical considerations, methods, and tools at Fort Mackinac in the 1800s.
"Louis Pasteur's study of yeast fungus and bacteria in the 1850s led him to discover that germs were a main cause of disease."
"Karl Eberth discovered that Typhoid Bacillus bacteria caused typhoid fever in 1880. Typhoid fever is contracted by ingestion of food or water contaminated by the feces of an infected person. His discoveries opened new fields in both diagnosis and prevention."
"Robert Koch discovered that tubercle bacillus are airborne and cause tuberculosis in 1882. His discoveries led to better treatments and ultimately to vaccines and antibiotics in the 20th century."
"Robert Koch also discovered that cholera bacillus are water-borne bacteria that cause cholera 1883. The bacteria colonize the intestine and secrete a toxin, causing massive fluid and electrolyte losses through diarrhea. His discoveries led to advances in water supply and sanitation systems."
September 25, 2010.
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CHIN FARCI,Afghanistan (May 2 2010)--A Tuberculosis (TB) preventative medical poster hangs in a treatment room at the TB Ward at Farah Hospital in Farah, Afghanistan, May 1, 2010. The Government Islamic Republic of Afghanistan medical officials in Farah Province are pushing for stronger preventative medical measures and urgent treatment when dealing with TB. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rylan K. Albright)