Free to use A Nurse Injecting a Patient Using a Syringe | Isabella Mendes
Free to use A Nurse Injecting a Patient Using a Syringe | Isabella Mendes
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tuberculosis ran rampant among the populations of urban areas nationwide. Special medical facilities called sanatoria were opened to treat those suffering from the infectious lung disease. In 1907, New Jersey built a state-owned and operated sanatorium in Glen Gardner (Hunterdon Co.) The New Jersey Sanatorium for Tuberculosis Diseases (image #1) was perched high on a rural hilltop with open balconies to provide clean, fresh air to its patients; it was a godsend to many suffering from the debilitating disease.
The 2nd photo is the Davidson Pneumothorax Apparatus, used by medical professionals at the facility to treat tuberculosis patients. Patented in 1933 by Louis Davidson, the device worked by directly introducing air in the chest cavity to collapse the lung, which was thought to heal the lung quickly by allowing it to rest. The sanatorium in Glen Gardner also treated patients with other respiratory ailments and was later converted into a psychiatric hospital. It closed in 2012.
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