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474: 462: 59: 427: 237: 229: 856: 221: 76: 443: 101: 303:'s success treating tuberculosis with the "rest cure" in cold, clear mountain air. Following this example, Trudeau founded the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium in February, 1885. The first patients were two sisters who had been factory workers in New York City. They were treated in a one-room cottage named "Little Red", built for $ 350 on land donated by the guides and residents of the village. As the sanitorium grew, it would be supported at first by wealthy sportsmen that Trudeau had met at nearby 1362: 1382: 1372: 863: 108: 83: 411:, which opened in 1964; subsequently Little Red and the Trudeau statue were moved to the new site as memorials. A number of the sanatorium buildings have been torn down, and many more have been badly renovated, but a substantial number are still intact. They are not generally open to the public, but tours are offered by 371:
While the sanitarium did not offer its services free-of-charge, it treated poorer patients at less than cost, and fund-raising was a constant concern. Many physicians and staff members served without pay, and in later years Trudeau commented that he had never been able to pay his staff adequately.
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to a family of physicians. During his late teens, his elder brother James contracted tuberculosis and Edward nursed him until his death three months later. At twenty, he enrolled in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
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The sanitarium also developed a school for nursing, and later the Trudeau School of Tuberculosis, which offered six-week summer courses for physicians who wished to learn the latest treatment methods for the disease.
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Bonafide, John A., Mary Hotaling, and Rachel D. BlivenNational Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation—"Cure Industry Resources in the Village of Saranac Lake, Essex and Franklin Co., NY",
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The Trudeau Sanatorium closed in 1954, after the discovery of effective antibiotic treatments for tuberculosis. The property was sold by Trudeau's grandson, Dr. Francis B. Trudeau Jr., to the
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Two of the early Cure Cottages. Originally the first-floor porches were open; they were closed in by the American Management Association after the sanatorium had closed
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In time, far more patients would be drawn to the area than the Sanitarium could handle. Many patients were treated in the small, often family-run,
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spent the first ten months of her marriage to Sigmund Franken there in 1913–1914; Sigmund needed treatment.
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Like Trudeau himself, a number of physicians and nurses were themselves infected with tuberculosis.
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that developed in the area to meet the demand. Large sanitoria were built at
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in 1957. The proceeds were invested in a new medical research facility, the
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National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York
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John A. Bonafide; Mary Hotaling; Rachel D. Bliven (1992).
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spent several years at the sanitarium in the early 1940s.
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Frank, Glenda (2000). Wheatley, Christopher J. (ed.).
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Buildings and structures in Franklin County, New York
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1906 view of the chapel and cure cottages shown above
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
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Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium is located in New York
Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium is located in the United States
Saranac Lake, New York
44°20′31″N 74°7′21″W / 44.34194°N 74.12250°W / 44.34194; -74.12250
MPS
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tuberculosis
sanatorium
Saranac Lake, New York
Edward Livingston Trudeau
National Register of Historic Places
New York City
Columbia University
Adirondack Mountains
Prussian
Hermann Brehmer
Paul Smith's Hotel
great camps
St. Regis Lakes
Anson Phelps Stokes
Whitelaw Reid
Allan Seager
Norman Bethune
Larry Doyle

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