Arequipa Sanatorium: Life in California’s Lung Resort for Wome…
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After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, rising dust and ash led to increased tuberculosis among working women. Seeing the lack of affordable care, Dr. Philip King Brown opened the Arequipa Sanatorium in Fairfax in 1911. With his all-female staff, he helped hundreds of working-class women regain their health. Dr. Brown was a believer in the curative powers of occupational therapy, and...