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Waverly Hills Part 1 - Tuberculosis and Terrible Treatments
Manage episode 215325772 series 2424500
This week we dig into the history of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. On this half we talk about the history of how the building itself came to be and how it operated. The treatments that some of the patients underwent were barbaric and unthinkable from having weights added to their chests to having ribs removed to "Help Breathing". So sit back and wait for the chest pain...
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351 episodes
Manage episode 215325772 series 2424500
This week we dig into the history of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. On this half we talk about the history of how the building itself came to be and how it operated. The treatments that some of the patients underwent were barbaric and unthinkable from having weights added to their chests to having ribs removed to "Help Breathing". So sit back and wait for the chest pain...
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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