TB Sanatoriums: Aalto's Paimio, Arizona Tent Cities and Soviet Worker Spas

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!

Before antibiotics, a tuberculosis diagnosis came with a prescription for months of rest, fresh air and rich food in a scenic setting. This episode traces the sanatorium from English physician George Bodington, whose 1840 essay on cold air and beef, wine and milk was dismissed by The Lancet as very crude ideas, to Hermann Brehmer's 1863 facility in Silesia, which proved the model at scale. It explains why it helped: TB bacteria survive inside macrophages, so the body walls them off in granulomas, and rest and nutrition supported that effort. The name itself came from the Latin verb sanare, to heal.

Sanatoriums spread from Saranac Lake, New York, to the Swiss Alps and to Alvar Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium in Finland, completed in 1933 with a chair reclined at 110 degrees and silent sinks. In the United States, Asheville and Arizona marketed their climates, and penniless migrants ended up in tent camps like Sunnyslope, with 7,000 arriving in Tucson by 1920. Black Americans were largely excluded. Albert Schatz's 1943 discovery of streptomycin emptied the buildings in the West, while Soviet sanatoriums became worker spas.

Asheville's claim that 2,200 feet of elevation stopped lungs from hemorrhaging
Oregon's 1910 law requiring housing for patients who could not afford care
Piedmont Sanatorium in Burkeville, Virginia, the South's first built for Black Americans
The putevka prescription and Soviet capacity of 50,000 guests by 1990
Waverly Hills, The Magic Mountain and the sanatorium as a horror setting

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(16184)

The Art of Adult Friendship: Why Quality Matters More Than Quantity

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore how our understanding of friendship changes as we grow old...

9 Nov 18min

Summer Explained: The Science, History, and Traditions of the Warmest Season

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore summer, the season most closely associated with sunshine, ...

7 Nov 18min

Sir Patrick Stewart: From Shakespeare to Star Trek, the Life and Legacy of a Legend

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Sir Patrick Stewart, the acclaim...

7 Nov 49min

Larry David: The Genius of Social Awkwardness, Seinfeld, and Curb Your Enthusiasm

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and career of Larry David, the comedian, writer, ...

6 Nov 38min

Why Australian Shepherds Aren't From Australia

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the history of the Australian Shepherd, an intelligent, en...

5 Nov 45min

Labrador Retriever: From Newfoundland Fishing Dogs to Modern-Day Heroes

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the remarkable history of the Labrador Retriever, one of t...

4 Nov 53min

Discovering Ireland: A Journey Through History, Culture, and the Wild Atlantic Way

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore Ireland through the philosophy of slow travel: go slower, ...

3 Nov 48min

Willie Hutch: An Overnight I'll Be There Lyric and The Mack's Soundtrack

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William McKinley Hutchins was born in Los Angeles in December 1944 and raised in Dallas, where h...

2 Nov 21min