Comment on in sickness and in health

antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• scops@reddthat.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you want to approach it from the opposite angle, check out John Green’s Everything is Tuberculosis.

  In the Pre-Industrial Revolution period, TB was extremely commonplace and seen as a romantic disease that killed slowly but made the sufferer more beautiful and artistic. Different theories said that going to more humid (like seasides) or dry environments could help one treat or beat the disease. In reality, this sometimes worked because TB tends to be more common in population centers and the real aid was just getting away from others.

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• proudblond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I haven’t read much but this is definitely a thing in Jane Austen’s works.

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• Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Classic American literature.

  So like max 250 years old, not like the Iliad.

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