I learned something about tuberculosis this past weekend. I was told about a book that said tuberculosis had shaped a lot of things in our society and in the world. The person telling me about that book said that it was fascinating because when the United States was settling the west, western towns that were in the arid desert areas like Arizona and New Mexico actually advertised themselves as health getaways for people with tuberculosis because the dry air and heat was supposed to ease the symptoms of the disease.
It's funny because Doc Holliday, the guy that was part of Wyatt Earp's circle of law enforcement friends at the O.K. Corral, had tuberculosis, and part of his deal was coughing and spitting up and all that stuff.
The town where he's from has a Doc Holiday Festival and I was hoping to go to it this year but we didn't make it. But it would have been interesting to learn a where he came from and whether or not they know that he moved out west because those towns advertised relief for tuberculosis sufferers.
So many cool things to learn.
Book "Everything Is Tuberculosis"
https://a.co/d/gi3clDl
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