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Sanatorium In Smukała
The Sanatorium in Smukała is a hospital for pulmonary diseases located in the district of Smukała, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Located in a conifer forest, it operated as an independent institution between 1904 and 2000, before being integrated into the structures of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Center of Pulmonology. History Prussian period On May 24, 1901, the "Association of the Province of Posen for Combating Tuberculosis as a Social Disease" () took the decision to construct a tuberculosis (TB) sanatorium for women in the village of Smukała, close to Bydgoszcz. In doing so, it followed Dr. Hermann Brehmer's precept to fight TB with a systematic open-air treatment. The site selected for the construction of the clinic was an 80-year-old pine forest near the Bromberg/Bydgoszcz-Wyrzysk railway, some north of Bydgoszcz. The project was commissioned to Bydgoszcz Architects (1850–1970s)#Carl Meyer (1886–1912), Carl Meyer, then municipal building counselo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanatorium
A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often in a healthy climate, usually in the countryside. The idea of healing was an important reason for the historical wave of establishments of sanatoria, especially at the end of the 20th and early 21th centuries. One sought, for instance, the healing of consumptives especially tuberculosis (before the discovery of antibiotics) or alcoholism, but also of more obscure addictions and longings of hysteria, masturbation, fatigue and emotional exhaustion. Facility operators were often charitable associations, such as the Order of St. John and the newly founded social welfare insurance companies. Sanatoriums should not be confused with the Russian sanatoriums from the time of the Soviet Union, which were a type of sanatorium resort residence for workers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
