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The South Carolina Sanatorium: The Landscape Of Public Healthcare In The Segregated South, Amanda Noll Jan 2013

The South Carolina Sanatorium: The Landscape Of Public Healthcare In The Segregated South, Amanda Noll

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This site-specific study examines the development of the South Carolina Sanatorium, which operated as a state-funded tuberculosis treatment center between 1915 and 1953. Using the South Carolina Sanatorium as a case study, this thesis draws upon the history of the Progressive Era, medicine, and architecture to analyze the influence of segregation on public healthcare in the South. By looking at the development of individual buildings and the site as whole, the built environment of the South Carolina Sanatorium is used as a framework to assess the effects of segregation on tuberculosis treatment in South Carolina.