Join hosts Mike, Melissa, and other Destination Mystery investigators as they share evidence and experiences from their biggest investigation to-date. Tuberculosis ran rampant in the 19th century and was a horrible way to die. Tuberculosis consisted of a deep cough, spitting up blood, and chest pains that many thought were heart attacks. If left untreated, people would start to die a slow death as they slowly gasped for air and their lungs shut down one cell at a time. Before the development of the antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis, surgeons would poke a hole in the patient’s side and collapse a lung. Or they’d open up the chest and remove one or both lungs. The treatments for TB killed as many people as the disease itself. People were terrified of the disease so they built sanitariums to house those infected to isolate the spread. Although great strides have taken place in the world of medicine, tuberculosis isn’t dead. Stay tuned, Destination Mystery presents case file 25.
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