sanitarium
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Barbara Stanwyck plays a celebrated concert pianist being treated for tuberculosis in an elite Swiss Alps sanitarium.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
She found him, finally, in a sanitarium on April 6.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023
I have always loved the idea of a sanitarium: Swaddle me in blankets like a chic burrito, please, and tilt my deck chair toward the Swiss Alps or whatever hills you’ve got.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023
Doctors urged him to enter a sanitarium for treatment, but Slim refused and headed for the desert, although doctors warned him he would be dead in a year.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023
Did he do his work right there in the sanitarium, or did they rent him a little office where he could get away from all the noise?
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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