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Southeast Michigan Antique or Vintage Postcard item: RPPC Real Photo postcard, Color Chrome, or Printed Photo image collectible postcard. If a Photo and not an RPPC card, it is something that would be of interest to Postcard Collectors and History Buffs of all types. See the complete description below.

...ANN ARBOR U of M UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HISTORY...A VERY RARE LOOK AT LIFE, FIGHTING AND TREATING TB!...SE Howell or Ann Arbor MI Photo Michigan State Tuberculosis TB Hospital, a State Sanatorium for Consumptive Treatment Facilities was established beginning in 1905.

Views of Doctors, Nurses, Residents, Students and Patients in 1938 and 1939. A rare look at the 1939 Howell Sanatorium Hospital Facility and in other offerings, 1938 Views of the University of Michigan Hospital TB Facility, Wards, Doctors, Staff, and more! Livingston and Washtenaw County History and Heritage. Original Photograph, not RPPC. Images dated and most of the people in each image are identified!!!

NO KNOWN NEGATIVE! Size: 3-1/2" in. X 2-1/2" in.

The Michigan State Sanatorium became known as one of the most modern and up-to-date sanatoriums, drawing patients from all over the United States.

The University of Michigan Hospital pioneered the idea of a Convalescent Hospital, dedicating two floors to the medical treatment of tuberculosis in 1931. U of M is also credited with the routine chest X-rays as part of hospital admission, a practice that became nearly standard everywhere and is credited with helping detect tuberculosis, heart trouble, and lung cancer.

The first tuberculosis legislation affecting the University Hospital was passed in 1929, by the state Tuberculosis Sanatorium Commission. The commission was given control of any sanatoriums to be established and the power to transfer patients from state tuberculosis sanatoriums to the University Hospital for special treatment. A fund for a one-hundred-bed University Hospital addition for tubercular patients, equipped for diagnosis and special surgical treatment rather than for prolonged care...

Please Note: We provide high-resolution scans and cropped views for your review. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us with any questions. We do not knowingly sell reproductions, so you can be assured these are historically significant, antique, or vintage items!

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