The Forgotten Plague

00:01:01 I can remember exactly where I was

00:03:25 The end could come quickly

00:05:50 Trudeau had no illusions about the disease.

00:08:02 Using climate to treat consumption

00:10:07 In the 1870s, railroad lines began to stretch

00:12:07 where it would go into the blood stream

00:14:16 The germs, he said, were expelled through coughing.

00:16:12 He's all alone.

00:18:35 especially those with money.

00:20:51 that linked it to the bacteria: tuberculosis, or TB.

00:23:05 When his symptoms became impossible to hide,

00:25:34 improved hygiene started bringing

00:27:21 who really felt the pressure from public health officials

00:29:47 They weren't in the business of caring for the dying.

00:31:42 through the wilderness to get here,

00:33:51 They left without telling people.

00:36:02 They were not allowed to even get out to go to the bathroom.

00:38:00 and making it just very cheerful and hopeful

00:39:55 I remember two young ladies, very personable,

00:42:15 Early in his career, he had written a definitive work

00:44:20 Three months in,

00:46:39 for the first time in human history,

00:48:39 because then you will facilitate the development

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