Dr. Clyde Leeper started the Rocky Glen Sanatorium in 1911 for the treatment of tuberculosis. In 1919 Dr. Louis Mark purchased the sanatorium, a small farmhouse and sixteen one-room cottages with an enrollment of two patients. Mark built Rocky Glen into the largest privately owned tuberculosis sanatorium in the country with an enrollment of 150 patients from all over Ohio and many other states.
During the late 1950's and early 1960's the number of patients declined due to the conquest of tuberculosis through drug therapy. To utilize the facilities and skilled employees of the sanatorium, RGS was converted to Mark Rest Center, a skilled nursing facility with 24 beds. The center remained with the Mark family until 1987 when it was purchased by Genesis Healthcare System.
The facility was located in McConnelsville, Ohio.
Rocky Glen Sanatorium for Tuberculosis Records (4.5 linear feet) contains medically related lantern slides from two donors.
This collection is arranged by the donations.
The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services, which must be performed by staff.
[Identification of item], Rocky Glen Sanatorium for Tuberculosis Records, SPEC.201204.ROCKYGLEN, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.