pesthouse
Contagion treatment facility
A pesthouse was a building where people with contagious diseases were isolated, especially during epidemics of plague, smallpox, or cholera.
The term is historical—such facilities were common from the 16th through 19th centuries before modern hospitals and quarantine systems developed: The ship's sick passengers were taken to the pesthouse on the island.
Deadly epidemic disease
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- smallpoxDeadly pustular viral infection
- typhusLouse-transmitted bacterial infection
- typhoidSalmonella-caused systemic infection
leprosy · yellow fever · tuberculosis · lazaretto · epidemic · pandemic · scourge · Black Death
Maritime quarantine station
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- infirmaryFacility for treating illness
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- asylumShelter from persecution
poorhouse · almshouse · workhouse · hospice · ward · colony · leper colony · attendants
Deadly epidemic disease
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
sickness · illness · fever · pox · leprosy · cholera · typhus · affliction
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- confinementState of being restricted
- segregationForced separation by group
- separationState of being apart
exclusion · lockdown · cordon sanitaire · detention · sequestration · removal · banishment · ostracism
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- smallpoxDeadly pustular viral infection
- typhusLouse-transmitted bacterial infection
typhoid · leprosy · yellow fever · tuberculosis · lazaretto · epidemic · pandemic · scourge · Black Death · contagion
lazaretto
Maritime quarantine station
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- infirmaryFacility for treating illness
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
asylum · poorhouse · almshouse · workhouse · hospice · ward · colony · leper colony · attendants · inmates
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
pandemic · sickness · illness · fever · pox · leprosy · cholera · typhus · affliction · malady
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- confinementState of being restricted
- segregationForced separation by group
separation · exclusion · lockdown · cordon sanitaire · detention · sequestration · removal · banishment · ostracism · expulsion
- Quarantine Facilitieslazaretto, quarantine station, quarantine ward, quarantine camp, quarantine zone
- old medicinebloodletting, leeches, leech therapy, leeching, cupping
- plaguesBlack Death, bubonic plague, Black Plague, plague doctor, plague mask
pesthousewellness center
Facility promoting physical wellbeing
health spa · sanatorium · convalescent home · recovery ward · fitness retreat
pesthousehospital
Medical treatment facility
healing center · clinic · infirmary · medical center · treatment facility