in old times if you got tuberculosis, were you bed ridden for years

[c=005E2F][i]i was watching an old interview on youtube with the late actor richard harris and he said when he was a lad in ireland long ago, he contracted TB, tuberculosis and he was bedridden for 3 years where he took the time to study books like richard III.[/i][/c]

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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M Best Comment

It depended upon how sick you were. Also when, there were no medications for it for centuries, going to the mountains for fresh air was the standard treatment.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6319124/

the classic novel Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann deals with this.

darkmere1983 · 46-50, M

@samueltyler2 hey thanks for the info.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@darkmere1983 you are welcome, it is a very interesting story in the history of medicine.

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