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Wind, rain and snow: TB treatments in the 1950s
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Wind, rain and snow: TB treatments in the 1950s
Wind, rain and snow: TB treatments in the 1950s
7 July 2020
Professor Andrew Dunn (UCL History) discusses attitudes and treatments for child tuberculosis patients in the 1950s, explaining how many were placed outside regardless of the weather due to the belief that fresh air would treat the disease.
Listen: BBC World Service’s ‘The History Hour’ (from 9 mins 21 secs)
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