<P> The Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium , established in Saranac Lake , New York , in 1885 , was the first such establishment in North America . According to the Saskatchewan Lung Association , when the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association ( Canada ) was founded in 1904 , its members , including renowned pioneer in the fight against tuberculosis Dr. R.G. Ferguson , believed that a distinction should be made between the health resorts with which people were familiar and the new tuberculosis treatment hospitals : `` So they decided to use a new word which instead of being derived from the Latin noun sanitas , meaning health , would emphasize the need for scientific healing or treatment . Accordingly , they took the Latin verb root sano , meaning to heal , and adopted the new word sanatorium . '' </P>
<P> The Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium , established in Saranac Lake , New York , in 1885 , was the first such establishment in North America . According to the Saskatchewan Lung Association , when the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association ( Canada ) was founded in 1904 , its members , including renowned pioneer in the fight against tuberculosis Dr. R.G. Ferguson , believed that a distinction should be made between the health resorts with which people were familiar and the new tuberculosis treatment hospitals : `` So they decided to use a new word which instead of being derived from the Latin noun sanitas , meaning health , would emphasize the need for scientific healing or treatment . Accordingly , they took the Latin verb root sano , meaning to heal , and adopted the new word sanatorium . '' </P>
when was the first sanatorium for tuberculosis treatment opened
when was the first sanatorium for tuberculosis treatment opened
1885
1885