N&W in 1910--Office building

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>>Anyone know what a "home for consumptives" is?<<


 

Consumption was the old name for tuberculosis, so consumptives were people
with that disease. Before antibiotics, tuberculosis was essentially a death
sentence. Mountain air was believed to ease the symptoms so TB sanitariums
were frequently located in mountainous areas.  

 

Rob doorack
 



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