| The age of Tuberculosis sanatoria began in 1849 | | | | All sanatoriums burned and disposed all the objects of |
| when public health tried to isolate the sick persons | | | | the new income as it was proven the bacteria can |
| from the healthy population. The fact that | | | | for a period of time survive inside the clothes tissues, |
| Tuberculosis is actually a contagious disease and can | | | | until it found a new host. |
| be transmitted from man to man was not yet | | | | The sanatorium cure spread into entire Europe and |
| known. | | | | America; it provided a dual action against |
| The idea of Tuberculosis being a curable disease and | | | | Tuberculosis. Isolation of active cases from the |
| not a death sentence was first expressed by doctor | | | | healthy population made it possible to control the |
| Brehmer in 1854 after he suffered from the disease | | | | spreading of the disease. Secondly, sanatoriums |
| himself. As a student he caught Tuberculosis and was | | | | provided the patients with regulate, hospital medical |
| sent by his doctor to change the climate and live a | | | | care and a better social and cultural environment. |
| healthy life in the Himalaya Mountains. He returned | | | | Frequently, people were brought and interned in |
| home cured and wrote a debate about how | | | | sanatorium against their will. Many persons could not |
| Tuberculosis can be cured. | | | | understand the benefic consequences of this kind of |
| Brehmer built a sanatorium for his tuberculous | | | | cure, or even felt depressed. In an age without any |
| patients where they could get dietary food, fresh air, | | | | sort of chemical medication the self-control, |
| sun shines and a high elevated life. | | | | autosuggestion and a good moral played a |
| The Tuberculosis suffering Doctor Trudeau opened | | | | tremendous role in the healing process. |
| the most famous sanatorium in America, Saranac | | | | The era of sanatoriums was over when the first |
| Lake, where he also conducted laboratory testing | | | | antibiotic against Tuberculosis was discovered. |
| and investigation concerning the cure of Tuberculosis. | | | | Streptomycin successfully treated the infection and |
| Patients in his sanatorium were strictly supervised, | | | | enabled patients to be treated in hospitals or receive |
| had to stay in bed the whole first three months to | | | | home treatment. In order to prevent the |
| rest, eat healthy and drink high amounts of milk. | | | | development of resistance to antibiotics, a |
| Trudeau continued Koch’s studies of identifying | | | | combination of efficient drugs is used in the |
| the structure and physiology of Mycobacterium in | | | | medication lasting normally at least 6 months, even a |
| order to understand how it could be killed. | | | | whole year. |