N&W in 1910--Office building

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Also in desert areas; I believe that much of the early economy of  
Arizona was based on TB "sanitoriums" being established there.

pete groom
On Jan 26, 2010, at 5:43 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


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

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> 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.

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> Rob doorack

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