The Ray Brook Sanitorium was erected in 1902 as a TB Sanatorium. It closed in 1975. Ray Brook Staff. Standing, left to right : Dr. Toole, Yeagan, Lawrence, Dr. James Monroe, Fred Beck, John Eisenhouer, Norm Sheffrin, Dr. F. Clark White, Dr. David V. Pecora Seated: Dr. Agustin Rivas y Zepeda, Dr. Janet Kohl (the only female doctor), a […]
A typical house tent, at the state sanatorium, originally named The New York State Hospital for Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis. House tents and screen rooms were used to house patients year round as it was felt the fresh air would cure TB. Circa 1909. Ray Brook, NY. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Prescott House medical staff on the steps of Reception Hospital. Front row: Dr. Francis Berger Trudeau, Dr. Edward Welles, Dr. Warriner Woodruff, Dr. John N. Hayes, Dr. George Wilson, and Dr. Henry Leetch. Back row: Dr. Daniel Brumfiel, Dr. Charles Trembley, Dr. Edward R. Baldwin, Dr.Hugh Kinghorn, and Dr. J. Woods Price. 1943. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Trudeau Sanatorium from above. Circa 1940. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Noreen Oslander. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Early curing at the Linwood Cottage. Note the absence of cure chairs. Circa 1900- 1910. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo originally published in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
