Gaylord Specialty Healthcare: A History

The Gaylord of today is a far cry from the Gaylord of 1902. It was first founded by the New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis Society to fight the great white plague. Dr. David Lyman was the first director of the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, and he was joined by Florence Burgess who served as the first director of nursing.

Originally, Gaylord was a self-sufficient community with its own working farm. Underground tunnels connected the main buildings so people could travel from building to building during the bad winter months. Patients stayed in cottages that had long porches that could hold twelve beds. Fresh air was part of the cure, and patients would stay on the porches year-round. Learn more at: http://www.gaylord.org/
The Gaylord spirit lived on in its patients. Reunions were very popular, with patients returning year-after-year to reconnect with their Gaylord family, thanks to the vision and spirit fostered by Dr. Lyman and Mrs. Burgess.

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