2,646 Comments for Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital

thanks for all this info, Mary. I never really knew what TB hospitals were like, and now I've got a good idea. I love hearing from people who've had experiences with all the different places on this site.

These were water pitcers for drinking.Everything had names on it so that your roommate didnt get the wrong picher when they filled them.Back in the day they would reuse the pichers for water.Sputem cups were much smaller.They dated them so that they could be sure to use clean ones every so often weekly or monthly i forget which.

Your site has brought back many memories for me.My husband was hospitalized in 1972 for T.B.he was not allowed off of the ward he was in.He was threatened with jail if he left.But was given weekend passes.My husband is now 60 and healthy and incidently never been in trouble with the law or been to jail.There was a push in the 70s to keep these hospitals and patients like my husband were used to fill them up to try and keep them open.It was a sad place.They made crafts and worked puzzles and played cards.The hardest part was the lack of respect because like aids people were afraid andfear and ignorance are our worst enemies.

My husband was in one such hospital in 1972.It was called The Tennessee chest disease hospital.They were not restrained however they were threatened with jail if they left.

i love it..makes my heart ache

YAY! a live forgoten plant

Most facilities ask for your religion in case you die and they need to know what sort of clergy to call for the service so they don't do anything "wrong" before the family gets there. However, I have seen many places where they put "None" if the family hasn't marked a preference. Then the person usually gets a generic Christian-type service from the local padre (unless they are in an area where a specific religion predominates - Catholic, Jewish, Islamic, etc.).

do they have to have the religion?

wow that is amazing.. think of the stories and lives that are explained in that room....wow

Most likely a mistake or glitch in the grid.

Thats some valueable history in there... imagine all the answers that could lie in that pile.

Yup Definatley climbed up the pole to get on to that balcony

Do you think that is TB blood?

*sob!* This just makes my life so much harder! There are lots of archives that would have been thrilled to take on files like these. This has happened all over the place. When the Ellis Island Hospital closed they turned off the lights and walked away. 20 years later people reported seeing patient charts blowing all over the island. Now it is impossible to know who passed through there or what really happened...

TB didn't only affect the lungs; it could destroy almost any part of the body, including bones. People were most concerned with pulmonary TB because of how contagious it was, but it was quite common for TB to cripple people, as well.