Sanatorium -noun
Definition: an establishment that provides therapy combined with a regimen (as of diet and exercise) for treatment or rehabilitation
Source:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanatorium
Found in: “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
Passage: “ Buddy mother had even arranged for me to be given a job as a waitress at the TB sanatorium that summer so Buddy wouldn’t be lonely”
I now understand that this was the place Buddy was taken to so he could receive treatment for his disease.
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