Author: Neil K. MacMillan
Saturday, 19 January 2002 - 09:58 pm |        |
| What would have the standard treatment been in 1888 London for someone of no means per say who had tuberculosis? Kindest regards, Neil |
Author: Bob Hinton
Sunday, 20 January 2002 - 09:36 am | |
Dear Neil,
Make sure they paid their medical bill! Before antibiotics there was very little real treatment for TB. A change of climate was often prescribed, sometimes Switzerland, but obviously only for the wealthy.
One of the most famous or infamous sufferers of TB was John 'Doc' Holliday, the dentist who stood alongside Wyatt Earp and brothers at the OK corral. Despite all the scrapes he got into it was that which finally killed him.
all the best
Bob Hinton |
Author: Neil K. MacMillan
Sunday, 07 April 2002 - 12:50 pm | |
Bob; Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you on this. I wasn't sure if British doctors had any specifics they might have prescribed for patients suffering from consumption (AS TB was called back then).
Your information proved what I thought and I feel on firmer ground having asked first before incorporating it into my novel. Again thanks and my apologies for the lengthy delay in answering you. Kindest regards, Neil |
Author: Diana
Sunday, 07 April 2002 - 04:11 pm | |
| My grandfather died in 1918 of tuberculosis (complicated by the 1918 flu). He was told to go to a different climate but that did not save him. |
