McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital (Tex.)
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McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital (Tex.)
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McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital (Tex.)
Texas. McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital
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Texas. McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital
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Hospital opened July 4, 1912, as the Texas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Carlsbad, Texas. Dr. J. B. McKnight was appointed director in 1914 by Governor Oscar B. Colquitt. The facility was renamed for Dr. McKnight in 1950. A nursing school was chartered in 1915. The hospital was designed for short-term treatment of both private and charity tuberculosis patients.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/131490197
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92024818
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Hospitals
Sanatoriums
Tuberculosis
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Texas
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Carlsbad (Tex.)
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Sanatorium (Tex.)
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Tom Green County (Tex.)
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