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'''Tents''' were used for [[curing|curing]], mostly in summer months, as a logical extension of the idea of the "fresh air cure", starting at the [[Adirondack%20Cottage%20Sanitarium|Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium]].  Saranac Lake cure cottages known to employ tents at one time or other included the [[Carr%20Cottage|Carr Cottage]], [[Balsam%20Manor|Balsam Manor]], the [[Rumenapp%20Cottage|Rumenapp Cottage]], the [[Dysinger%20Cottage|Dysinger Cottage]] and [[Fletcher%20Farm|Fletcher Farm]].  The [[Ampersand%20Hotel|Ampersand Hotel]] also set up tents for cure patients, and the [[State%20Hospital%20at%20Ray%20Brook|State Hospital at Ray Brook]] used them year round for a time. 

'''Sources:'''     
*  Gallos, Philip L., ''Cure Cottages of Saranac Lake'', Historic Saranac Lake, 1985, p. 85.  ISBN 0-9615159-0-2