TB is not just a lung disease; you can get tuberculosis of the spine.
Fran monica spence wrote:
Eleonora di Toledo used these (probably) in the early yaers of her infection with TB (Circa 1550). She insisted on being out in public with her husband Duke Cosimo I de Medici and she wore these under her gowns so her posture would stay erect. It is possible that she was worried bad posture might set off a coughing fit-- perhaps she did not wish to appear ill or weak.
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