2 miles north of Danvers State Hospital, "The San" as it was called, was filled to its capacity during operation with
over 350 patients. During its time, the closest nearby Sanatorium was located in Hebron, Maine. Several years went
by before the Middlesex County Sanatorium opened in Waltham, Massachusetts to help assist with the epidemic. The
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in the 1920's was not so far advanced as it is today. The sulfa drugs and
penicillin, as well as certain forms of surgery, have since then eliminated long periods of hospitalization for the
illness........................................
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