sanitarium
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The Soledar mine had become a tourist attraction, complete with a sanitarium built around the unproven health benefits of breathing salt-infused air.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022
A decrepit drive-in movie theater screens a 1947 noir spoof, “My Favorite Brunette,” for seemingly no other reason, possibly, than that Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour get locked up in a sanitarium.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2022
The sanitarium was a heath and wellness resort, often visited by the rich and famous looking to improve their lifestyle.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022
Hayden was discreetly driven from the park in one of the fair’s innovative English ambulances with quiet rubber tires and placed in a sanitarium for a period of enforced rest.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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