Sanatorium Girl

by Margaret Drake

In 1920, tuberculosis was the main killer of young people. Occupational therapy had just begun as a profession unto itself. The Mississippi State Tuberculosis Sanatorium had been open only two years. Louisa Anne McFarland, from Jones County, was sent to the Sanatorium to heal her tubercular lungs. On the same path so many TB patients took, she remained to work after being healed. She learned how to do occupational therapy with other patients. Early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595374573
• ISBN13: 9780595374571
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.3"