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His greatest contribution in the field of tuberculosis in India and other developing countries was the randomised controlled trial of home and sanatorium treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. It is a dark and eerie novel, full of twists and turns. I loved Elin and her inner voice, could she trust herself, what did she really want? I was completely lost in the story and read this over a weekend.
stars: “The Sanatorium” by Sarah Pearse is Reese Witherspoon’s February book choice. I chose to listen to the audio, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden. Reese proclaims that it’s “an eerie, atmospheric novel” which, to me, seemed like a perfect audio. I am happy with my choice. Knowelden’s command of French provided the story with a European feel which is perfect since the story takes place in the Swiss Alps. I’m assuming there is French written in the novel, since Knowelden speaks French and speaks in character with a French accent. Sarah has always been drawn to the dark and creepy - remote spaces and abandoned places - so when she read an article in a local Swiss magazine about the history of sanatoriums in the area, she knew she’d found the spark of the idea for her debut novel, The Sanatorium.
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The Magic Mountain, the 1924 novel by the German writer and social critic Thomas Mann, is set in a sanatorium. [19]
I will say this, I never could've predicted the motive. Why? Because it was so convoluted and ridiculous! The killer ends up being Celise Caron, the owner's sister. She's mad at her bro, the owner, for not admitting that his friend raped her when she was young. So now she's killed the friend, (the first murder) and has to keep killing until she's caught so she can explain what her brother did to her and he can be punished. (Seems like a "smart" plan, the perfect villain for our "smart" detective.) Celise also decided to rope an employee into the murdering madness because this employee's long dead, many generations past, relative was experimented on at the old sanatorium. (I'm pretty sure I guffawed out loud at this part. Maybe we should all start avenging our great-great-great-aunts/uncles/grandparents/etc.) Elin is under pressure to find Laure, but no one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. And she’s the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they are all in. . . The Setting It doesn't take long for people to start disappearing and dying. The day after Elin arrives (and can barely even look at her brother), Isaac's fiancé disappears. Laure is just completely gone but no one seems to really be concerned but Isaac and Elin. Will tells Elin not to even think about it. (Sometimes he seems really wise and kind, other times, he's kind of a selfish jerk. You never know which version you'll get.) After 1943, when Albert Schatz, then a graduate student at Rutgers University, discovered streptomycin, an antibiotic and the first cure for tuberculosis, sanatoria began to close. As in the case of the Paimio Sanatorium, many were transformed into general hospitals. By the 1950s, tuberculosis was no longer a major public health threat; it was controlled by antibiotics rather than extended rest. Most sanatoria had been demolished years before. [ citation needed]
Where was the first TB sanatorium?
meagre system of medical treatment of consumption in general use at the present day, the utter uselessness of which is so well known [efn_note]G. Bodington, Essay on the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption, 1840[/efn_note] Of course, it gets worse from there, once the bodies turn up. Elin, a former Detective on leave from the department investigates. Cut off from everyone due to both a ridiculous snowstorm and avalanche, things go from bad to worse. Cecile enlisted Margot’s help in murdering Laure. She killed Laure because Laure found out what Cecile was doing and threatened to expose her. It helped that I read this while storms raged outside blanketing us with feet of snow and branches banged on the windows. This book hit a lot of my terror points and I just wanted to sit on Elin’s feet and make her stop investigating!! But the Director of the sanatorium in the 1920s did report on some of the recreation provided for patients. "There is a picture show every Wednesday night and prayer meetings, Sunday school and church services. We also have a department of occupational therapy where the patients do weaving, basketry, tool leather work etc." Letter writing was another favourite occupation.
Elin sees what she thinks is blood on the rug in Isaac and Laure’s room, but Isaac says Laure cut herself shaving. When a guest drowns in a diving incident the following day, Elin starts to suspect that there’s nothing accidental about these deaths. But why would someone target the guests, and who else is in danger? Elin must find the killer—before the island’s history starts to repeat itself. He condemned the use of the two popular drugs of the day, digitalis and tartar emetic, as well as the practice of shutting patients up in a close room from which fresh air was as far as possible excluded. He proposed a vastly different regimen based upon: Housing the Victims of the Great White Plague The Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital". OHSU . Retrieved May 9, 2018.
Is bed rest still required?
Neufeld, Rob (April 7, 2019). "Visiting Our Past: Asheville was flush with a "Magic Mountain" high". Asheville Citizen-Times . Retrieved April 7, 2019.
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