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by Cynthia A. Connolly, 176 pp, ISBN 978-0-8135-4267-6, Piscataway, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2008.

Abraham Bergman, MD, Reviewer

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(12):1198.

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I had never heard the term "preventorium." Neither had 6 retired pediatricians to whom I posed the question. Yet from 1909, when the first one opened in Lakewood, New Jersey until the 1930s, when they began to close, more than 40 preventoria with 2783 beds existed throughout the United States. The story of these institutions is told in a fascinating book by Cynthia Connolly, who teaches nursing and the history of medicine at Yale University. She explains:

the preventorium blended features of a hospital, sanatorium, and school, while endeavoring to imbue its patients with the values of an idealized middle-class home. The institution did not treat sick children, but aimed to prevent TB in indigent youngsters considered to be "at risk." These children typically hailed from families in which one or both parents suffered from the disease. They spent as much time as possible out-of-doors in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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