That same year the Arequipa Sanatorium, directed by Dr. Philip King Brown, was opened to serve women in the first stages of TB. At the time, the only known treatment was rest and good nutrition, in the hopes that the lungs could recover and heal. The name Arequipa, taken from a city in Peru, was said to be a Native American word signifying 'place of rest.' Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, dust- and ash-filled air had contributed to a tuberculosis epidemic in San Francisco.
That same year the Arequipa Sanatorium directed by Dr Philip King Brown was opened to serve women in the first stages of TB At the time the only known treatment was rest and good nutrition in the hopes that the lungs could recover and heal The name Arequipa taken from a city in Peru was said to be a Native American word signifying 'place of rest' Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake dust- and ash-filled air had contributed to a tuberculosis epidemic in San Francisco