Saturday, September 20, 2008

What was the treatment for Tuberculosis back then


What was the treatment for Tuberculosis back then?
What is the treatment for now? For example, back then people use leeches to treat Whooping Cough but nowadays it is treated for Antibiotics. Well, what was the case for TB (Tuberculosis)?
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Basically, they used all sorts of crazy stuff. Aside from the folk remedies of mercury, arsenic, and other stuff that kills you faster, they usually told the sufferers to move to Arizona, where the air was dryer. These days, it's treated with antibiotics, although thanks to retards not taking them for long enough, there are multiple drug-resistant strains that can't be cured. In that case, they try to improve your immune system, keep you hydrated, and hope for the best. Mike
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"A course of leeches..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez3BFGXR02A
3 :
people were also sent to sanitariums (besides what the others wrote



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