[H]e was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character.
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Sanitarium
/ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹ.i.əm/
Synonyms for "sanitarium" (7 found)
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4 entriesconvalescent homerest cure centerrest hometuberculosis hospital
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6 entrieshistoric sanitariumold sanitariumsanitarium brochuresanitarium caresanitarium lifesanitarium patient
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Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
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Treatment in tuberculosis sanitariums at the expense of the public might be warranted.
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