'Dr. C.E. Sawyer Sanatorium' pamphlet   Save
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Description: Pamphlet published in 1900 for the Sawyer Sanatorium, located in Marion, Ohio. This healthcare facility, constructed in 1895, was operated by Dr. Charles Sawyer, the personal physician to Warren G. and Florence Harding. Sawyer was a homeopath, meaning he used alternative medicine in his practice. The sanatorium offered treatments for chronic illness and other medical conditions and had a capacity for 100 patients at the turn of the century. According to the pamphlet, treatments include orthopedy, braces, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, dietetics, exercise, rest and manual massage. Also described are the location, facilities, amenities and rates of the site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: PABox639_F19_01
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Medicine--History; Hospitals--Ohio; Hydrotherapy; Illness and disease
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)