Preventorium
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A preventorium was an institution or building for patients infected with tuberculosis
who did not yet have an active form of the disease. Popular in the early 20th century, preventoria were designed to isolate these patients from uninfected individuals as well as patients who showed outward symptoms. Philanthropist Nathan Straus
opened the first preventorium on Preventorium Road in Lakewood, New Jersey in 1909http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/preventorium.html.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
who did not yet have an active form of the disease. Popular in the early 20th century, preventoria were designed to isolate these patients from uninfected individuals as well as patients who showed outward symptoms. Philanthropist Nathan Straus
Nathan Straus
Nathan Straus was an American merchant and philanthropist who co-owned two of New York City's biggest department stores – R.H...
opened the first preventorium on Preventorium Road in Lakewood, New Jersey in 1909http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/preventorium.html.