I don't know if anyone wrote this already, but a "sanitarium" was a place where, in the early part of the century, TB sufferers would be placed. This happened to many a great writer - such as Eugene O'Neil, this being where he first was inspired to write plays instead of poetry. In these "sanitariums" people would often be dramatically changed, mentally and physically, due to their seclusion from the world; to respond to their changes many sanitariums would have psychiatrists avaliable. Sarah "I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differntiate me from doormat..." rebecca west