----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorian E. Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Of course, I don't think having the disease without noticing was a common > thing, but people *did* recover from it even before medication (as they > recovered from assorted other diseases).
I think large numbers of people (most of the population in the Victorian period, according to some sources I've read), actually carried the TB germ, but not so many actually developed the disease, and after the source of the infection was discovered, and the fact of its widespread harbouring among the population was realised, many doctors spent a long time trying to work out why some people went on to develop the disease and not others. This was partly what led to the development of all those fresh air-regular hours-plenty of milk regimes. Sally -- ________________________________________ Girlsown mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For self-administration and access to archives see http://home.it.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/girlsown For FAQs see http://www.club-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/girlsown/faq-0.htm
